The double running stitch is also called a Holbein stitch because of a sixteen century painter named Hans Holbein. This stitch makes a regular appearance in the portrait done by this artist. This stitch is also known by different names like Line Stitch, Two-sided Line Stitch, Square Stitch and Spanish Stitch, Roumanian stitch, Chiara stitch. … Read more
Cross stitch embroidery refers to transferring a design and turning it into an abstract needlework art on fabric with colorful thread. It is a very popular filling stitch in embroidery. The usual way to do cross-stitch embroidery is to transfer the pattern on the fabric, then count the number of stitches on the pattern and work … Read more
Do you know that beads have been found in graves of men who died a long time ago – like thousands of years ago. Check out a recent report here in Huffingtonpost.com – Researchers have discovered three glass beads from a Fifth Century burial site in Japan. In Africa glass beads have been found which … Read more
With hand embroidery and hand sewing, you are spoiled for choices – so-many types of embroidery techniques, threads for embroidery, embroidery fabric hand sewing methods, and embroidery needles. And they are selected based on type of fabric, thread used (e.g., ribbon, wool yarn, floss), and the type of embroidery work (e.g., cross-stitch, ribbon embroidery, appliqué).. … Read more
I have always been fascinated by smocking done on my girls’ dresses and always thought it is too difficult to do. Realistically it is a little bit difficult to do than other embroidery work but the effort is worth it. I have given this post the title beginner’s guide because even I am a beginner and … Read more
Simple feather stitch The feather stitch is a wonderful embroidery stitch you can use for border designs and used in floral designs. It is named so because of the feather like look of the finished embroidery stitch.  Looped stitches are made on the left and right, base stitch being the one in fishbone stitch. How … Read more