Christmas Bauble, Embroidery Pattern C01

This beautiful Christmas bauble is very easy to do and can be finished according to your taste. I used a tree branch with a ribbon, just ribbon for the second design and for the third one the ribbon was embroidered. 

The simple stitches I used were: back, satin, fly, fishbone and French knot. As for the thread, use any one you like. I used DMC Petra cotton and I have listed all info in the video tutorial, which you can watch here: Christmas Bauble Embroidery.

Italian Lemon 🍋 Embroidery for Beginners • Step by Step Tutorial • Pattern 014

It's almost the end of the year and to brighten up my short English days I watch movies and dream of Italy. Inspired, by one of my favourite 50s movies 'It started in Naples' with Sophia Loren and Clark Gable, I have designed this cute, little lemon embroidery. It will

Hand embroidery for beginners - free pattern No 013

Another beautiful and easy to do flower embroidery. You can do the full hoop but also use any of these elements separately to embroider on a blouse, jeans, a little drawstring bag or anything else you wish.

Simple Hand Embroidery Flower Tutorial & Free Pattern 012

Enjoy this simple embroidery flower tutorial for beginners and a free pattern 012.

I have used stem and whipped back stitches for the branches and as for leaves, I used fishbone, fly and fishbone stitches. I outlined the fly stitch leaves with a back stitch but you can also try the whipped back stitch.

Flower Bouquet Hand Embroidery • Pattern 011

This is a simple hand embroidery design featuring a rose bouquet, with a ribbon bow. Ideal as a gift for yourself or someone else.

I quite like how the design looks like on this striped fabric, but you can of course use plain or patterned fabric. 

Easy Top Embroidery for beginners • Blouse Neckline Embroidery Tutorial • Pattern 010

I have designed, easy, yet beautiful Top or V Neck Embroidery (Pattern 010). All you need is a plain t-shirt or a vest top and some embroidery thread.

In the above video tutorial, I use basic stitches, such as: straight, satin, fishbone, Lazy Daisy, French knot and back stitch (or if you prefer a Whipped back stitch) for the branches.

Spring is here, so let's embroider some Daffodils • Pattern 009

Spring is coming to England. The days are longer and we get more hours of sun. Lots of spring flowers are blooming in various of colours: whites, yellows, purples and pinks.

Lets get ourselves into the Spring mood and embroider some daffodils. As always, the PDF pattern (available in my shop) includes a video tutorial.

PEACE Free Embroidery • Pattern 008

Let the power of love overcome the love of power! Peace to the World! 🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️🌿

Beginner's Guide to Embroidery

I wanted to create a little, visual guide for beginners. One, that I wish I had, when I took up embroidery again, first time since childhood.

There are many more options available these days, more threads, fabrics, colours.. But, it is also, easier to get lost, when in fact you don't need to spend much to start. You can barely spend anything to be honest, if you use some old fabrics and get just a handful of yarns in few colours. Sometimes you can even get free yarn, if you search for it, at your local marketplace.

18 Embroidery Stitches • PDF Pattern for beginners + video tutorial

In today's video tutorial, we practice 18 basic embroidery stitches for beginners.

Embellished embroidery flower • Pattern 007

Happy New Year!

Lets start this year by adding some sparkle to our first project. 😊