The right tools for the right job – every tradesperson knows it. And it’s just as important in embroidery that you use the right needle for the project you are doing.

Freestyle embroidery looks intricate and hard, but by mastering these five basic stitches, you can turn out complex pieces with ease!

Now you’ve mastered basic embroidery stitches, it’s time to take it to the next level and look at some Crewel Embroidery stitches.

The beauty of embroidery and the luxury of silk ribbon – these two combined create a beautiful embroidery technique that is uniquely suited to floral embroidery.

A favoured motif for Elizabethan and Jacobean embroiderers, the Gillyflower design is a pretty way to decorate a shirt pocket or use a row of them on a guest towel.

Transferring your pattern to fabric before you start to stitch can be one of the hardest things. Here are some tips to make it a little easier.

Thread Painting looks hard, but is, in reality, quite simple to do. The result, however, is stunning

Assisi embroidery is also known as voided work or reserva, and is one of the monochromatic family of embroidery techniques. If you can do cross stitch, you can do Assisi!

One of the things that epitomises embroidery in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is the use of Tambour embroidery

Rediscover this form of embroidery beloved by Pioneer women.