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.

18 Embroidery Stitches • PDF Pattern for beginners + video tutorial

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

DMC THREAD COMPARISON AND FREE PATTERN 003

Today, I am comparing various DMC threads. I love how economical crochet threads are, but unfortunately, this is not the case with embroidery threads. I love to use Petra cotton thread for any chunky designs, like I did with pattern 002. I think Petra would be best for any upholstery designs, but also pillow covers and throws. 

Free Embroidery Pattern 002 using DMC Petra Cotton

I have experimented with this beautiful, chunky DMC Petra thread used mainly for crocheting. I like how raised the flowers and leaves are. I think similar effect can be achieved with Coton Perlé. For French knots I used Coton Perlé in size 3. The fabric is linen in peach colour. 

Wild Flowers • free embroidery pattern

First PDF pattern is now available for you to download and is free. Click the image above, print and enjoy :)

You can also watch video tutorial available on my channel here: 'Wild flowers'.