Crewel embroidery patterns

I promised to show you this, my crewel embroidery piece 'Tree of Life' started and completed in the mid 1970's. I recall it took me perhaps a couple of years, picking it up now and then between family and work commitments when we lived in Massachusetts. I bought it as a kit - complete with the skeins of wools in beautiful colors, printed Belgian linen, and stitch instructions - offered by one of the most admired American stitchery women ever, the late Elsa Williams. After a lengthy search…

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After designing and doing most of the stitching of my RSN certificate Jacobean module, the end was in sight! By chatting to my fellow students, I learnt that the mounting would take about 1.5 days. So to be on the…

Crewel Fairy Tales Book Packs include pre-printed high-quality cotton fabric and called-for threads for crewel embroidery. Order a pack to save your time and money

Today, I’m going to point you to a resource for free Jacobean embroidery patterns and fillings. I’ve pointed out this free online embroidery book before, but it’s been a few years, and many of you might not know about it. I’ve been playing with Jacobean Embroidery: Its Forms and Fillings by Ada Wentworth Fitzwilliam and ...

An incredibly beautiful crewel design to help you master embroidery stitches: learn new techniques while filling out vast areas of this crewel pattern, using heavy threads. A nice way for a beginner to learn embroidery

Chris of Ella’s Craft Creations shares an excellent method for transferring an embroidery design to fabric. In her needlework tutorial, she will show you one of the easiest ways to …

Brazilian embroidery is a style of embroidery that is very textured and basically 3 Dementional. Here's how to get started today!