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Best ways to turn a favourite PHOTO into an EMBROIDERY work

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

Easy Hand embroidery designs for the lazy embroiderer

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

Rose Embroidery – 12 ways to make embroidered roses easily

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

10 best Textile Printing Techniques

Fabric printing refers to creating beautiful designs and patterns on textile surfaces. Here is a list of the most popular methods used to do this. The beautiful swirls of patterns and designs on that pretty fabric you bought from the fabric store look seamless, effortless & easy. But fabric printing is anything but easy. It … Read more

Fabrics used in Hand Embroidery

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

Design your CHICKEN SCRATCH EMBROIDERY Patterns with these 4 stitches

Chicken scratch embroidery – the name itself is so curious. Nothing to do with real chicken scratches of course. Unless you count the way you do embroidery or someone else judging it so. Mine does, especially when I tangle my threads midway. This chicken scratch, though,  is beautiful and evenly done. The uniformity of stitches … Read more