No. 150Embroidery on Clothes
Hand embroidery · tutorials & ideas
Stitch something worth keeping.
Step-by-step stitches, projects for clothes and home, and honest fixes for the puckers and tangles, written for real hands and real hoops.
Featured patternRibbon Embroidery Roses That Look Freshly Bloomed on Any Fabric
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- Stitches Every stitch, one clear tutorial at a time.
- Embroidery on Clothes Jeans, sweatshirts, hats and shoes, stitched by hand.
- Flowers & Botanicals Petals, leaves, stems and wild meadows in thread.
- Techniques & Styles Ribbon work, sashiko, punch needle, stumpwork and more.
- Beginners Start here: what to buy, what to stitch first.
- Names & Lettering Smooth letters, monograms and hand-stitched words.
- Animals & Portraits Bees, birds, cats and the people you love.
- Gifts & Holidays Handmade gifts and stitching for every season.
- Hoop Art & Home Hoops, pillows, bookmarks and little things for home.
- Fabric & Supplies Fabric, floss, needles and hoops, explained plainly.
- Finishing & Fixes Puckers, tangles, backs and washing, sorted.
New patterns & tutorials
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No. 052Finishing & Fixes
Why Your Embroidery Puckers and the Hooping Fix That Stops It
No. 048Fabric & Supplies
Best Fabric for Hand Embroidery and the One Beginners Should Skip
The stitch dictionary
Learn one stitch, then the next.
Each stitch gets its own page with the wraps, the angles and the mistakes that make it go wrong.
All stitchesNew to the needle?