There is no wonder the needle painting is called that. It is literally painting with your hand-sewing needle and embroidery thread ie, embroidering realistic-looking designs with small straight stitches, which almost look like paint strokes. The whole design is filled with small straight stitches, either long and short or of the same length resulting in … Read more
Bullion knots are one of the most versatile stitches in the whole Hand embroidery stitch types repertoire. They are used in almost all types of embroidery techniques – be it cutwork, Brazilian embroidery, lacework, wool to wool embroidery. It is a staple decoration on smocking designs. You can see bullion roses on all the kids’ finely made dresses. In … Read more
All of us have a photo to which we have a little partiality. It may be that of your grandmother or that of a beautiful flower which you took as a fledgling photographer or your baby smiling. What if you could turn it into a work of art with your embroidery skills. It is easy enough to do that and very … Read more
This post provides you some very simple hand embroidery motifs that can be used on your clothes, home decor etc. These embroidered motifs are for the lazy embroiderer who wants a beautiful embroidered fabric but without much effort or time spend -like me. I scoured the net for some small motifs and that was the … Read more
Ask 5 people in your vicinity about their favourite flower and 3 of them will say rose. I did and this was so for me. What is not to love about a rose – the colour, texture, smell and beauty unparalleled among flora. Rose is a divine flower – the flower which is associated with … Read more
If I get a needle and some thread I can embroider on anything – even paper. But to have choices is always good. Knowing those choices and being able to discern which is the best for a particular project – even better. Though it is possible to embroider on any fabric, some are better than … Read more