What to embroider

Unsure what supplies you need to start your first embroidery project? Discover fabrics, hoops, threads, and more in this handy guide.

If you're curious about what you can embroider, all you need to know is that you can embroider practically anything you put your mind to! You can create home decor, clothing, and accessories with the delicate elegance that embroidery adds! If you're interested in what kind of material you can embroider on, just know that it is dependent on the kind of embroidery project you are completing. There is no set rule for what material you use. You can embroider on cotton, linen, polyester, leather…

Here's 5 embroidery projects to get started with hand embroidery. At Mindful Mantra Embroidery, we believe that everyone is creative in some way, and can embroider if they want to! Learn embroidery with our beginner friendly embroidery patterns

8 Step-by-Step Embroidery Tutorials for Beginners | If you want to learn how to embroider, this collection of embroidery designs, patterns, and projects is just what you need. We've included a list of embroidery essentials, a tutorial to teach you basic embroidery stitches, and 8 hand embroidery ideas that are equal parts easy and beautiful. From flowers and leaves, to cursive letters and modern lettering designs, to hand border embroidery for clothing, this post has it all!

These are the most common beginner mistakes in hand embroidery. Avoid these mistakes if you want to excel at the art of hand embroidery.

What stitches should you use when hand embroidering letters? In this blog and video tutorial I go over using back stitch, split stitch, stem stitch, chain stitch, couching and satin stitch.

The great thing about embroidery is that you can stitch on anything. That doesn't mean you should, but you can! Over the years, I have found that some materials are easier to embroider than others. What Fabric Should You Use for Hand Embroidery? When you're just starting to get into hand embroidery, use a fabric that has little to no stretch, is a smooth, and doesn't have any openings or gaps in the fabric.

Hand embroided personalised jumpers - Pixie&Me on Instagram: "A slow and simple chain stitch tutorial! I use this stitch for evvvvverything! It is my absolute favourite and there are a few ways to do it! This is a simple beginner friendly way and I hope you give it a go! The needle inside in this video is a 6mm blunt needle The yarn that I use is 200g acrylic, this is a personal preference and a yarn that I find so nice to work with! I use purple fabric pens! They are air/water erasable…

In this post, I share a few ideas for what you might choose to do with your ORTs.