Want to learn the basics of embroidery? Check out these posts!
Materials
Transferring a Pattern
Choosing Colors
Strands, Sewing, Stabbing and Starting
Running and Back Stitches
Stem and Split Stitches
Chain and Detached Chain
Making Faces (French Knots and More Detached Chain)
Fill Stitches Part 1
Fill Stitches Part 2
All of the lessons on the blog are for right-handed stitchers, because that's what I know! But, if you're left-handed, I've created a set of PDFs that have the images flipped. It's not ideal, but it should help get you started!
Running and Back Stitches for Lefties
Stem and Split Stitches for Lefties
Chain and Detached Chain for Lefties
Making Faces (French Knots and More Detached Chain) for Lefties
Fill Stitches Part 1 for Lefties
Fill Stitches Part 2 for Lefties
Recently, all of these lessons were translated into Italian by Vale! Find her translations on her blog. Thanks, Vale!
i am SO checking these out -- currently on vacation in NY for 3 weeks and will be coming back to this page to figure out your embroidery basics!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the basic embroidery posts. And I really love the hymn. I appreciate your selection of embroidery phrases.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this series! I used to embroider as a little girl and this has helped me relearn some of the stitches I have forgotten (French knots, detached chains,etc). Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteLoooove your blog...
ReplyDeleteI stalk your blog often even though I haven't tried much yet. All your photographs are so beautiful and make me want to dive in!! Your designs are precious, too. I'm hoping to hop aboard this embroidery train soon-I want to make embroidered table numbers for my wedding! Thanks for sharing - I just wanted to say hi!!
ReplyDeleteThank you ever so much for these lessons. Even though I know most of them, it doesn't hurt to have proper instructions in front of you. The best part was the fill in ones, and the stem stitch which I have sort of avoided as I can't always get it to even look like stem stitch. The string of chain stitches was really good, as I usually only do detached chain or daisy stitch. Could you include some instructions for stitching on felt?
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Hi, Mollie. Do you have a post that talks about how to store/organize all of your embroidery materials? I'm just starting out - how do you keep track of all your different colors of floss? Do you only split the strands when you're ready to use the floss or do you go ahead and split the entire package? How do you keep track of all of your needles? I'd love a bit of advice, if you already have a post written up about it. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Lilly! I'm really not very organized. At all. And if I were to try and write a post, I fear it would be depressing. Or comical? I'll think about that.
DeleteBut...my floss stays in skeins until I use it, or until I manage to tangle it really good. Recently I started placing the split strands onto some printable cards: http://wildolive.blogspot.com/2013/05/printable-floss-bobbin-thread-organizer.html If you visit that post, you'll also find a link to some bobbins I've made, which I use when I have large amounts of floss not in skeins.
As for needles, I try to have only a couple going at a time, and they're usually stuck through fabric that I'm working with. To help combat lost needles (it happens all the time!), I try to leave thread in the eye so I can see them better. The rest stay in the package!