18 BEGINNER EMBROIDERY TUTORIALS

I remember my Grammas working on some embroidery when I was a little girl. I can remember sitting beside them, watching as they weaved that needle with the colorful thread in and out of whatever cloth piece they were working on, and thinking I can’t wait until I am old enough to try embroidery.

These 18 BEGINNER EMBROIDERY TUTORIALS will have you stitching beautiful artwork in no time. It’s a wonderful way to relax and enjoy the family. And while learning, why not teach the younger generation some of the stitches as well?

Embroidery is an older craft using needles, thread, string, ribbon and some sort of cloth. There are many different stitches and many different variations of Embroidery. You will love that you can add your personal touch to anything and make it look unique and elegant.

 

HAND EMBROIDERY FOR BEGINNERS-EMBROIDERING A NAME OR INITIALS

A name, or initial, has always made a great hand embroidery for beginners project! Embroidering your name on household linen ensured it returned home after laundry. Girls learned their alphabets while stitching letters on their samplers.

4 (SURPRISINGLY EASY!) STITCHES FOR PERFECT EMBROIDERED LETTERS

Hand embroidery brings a personal touch to just about any project — from a quilt tag to a favorite quote. But hand embroidering letters can feel mighty intimidating, especially when it comes to the curves of each character.

HOW TO DO THE RUNNING STITCH 

One of the most basic hand embroidery stitches is the running stitch and I have made a video tutorial showing you how to do it. It is very simple and you may be wondering if someone really needs a tutorial for it.

6 HAND EMBROIDERY SUPPLIES FOR BEGINNERS

I’ve put together a list of essential hand embroidery supplies which I think are great for beginners to start with when first getting into hand embroidery. I’ve also included a few extra supplies, which aren’t essential, but make hand embroidery a tad easier.

15 STITCHES EVERY EMBROIDERER SHOULD KNOW

Learning hand embroidery is both fun and relaxing, plus it’s an easy way to create beautiful art with fabric and thread. Getting started in embroidery may seem intimidating at first, but most patterns only require a few basic stitches and our stitching tutorials fit the bill.

HAND EMBROIDERY TIPS FOR BEGINNERS AND BEYOND

For those of you who are just delving into the wonders of hand embroidery and discovering the creative pleasures that embroidery affords, here’s a list of tips that you might find useful along your journey.

VLOG: GETTING STARTED WITH HAND EMBROIDERY

Several great vlogs to get you started with hand embroidery.

DIY: HEART EMBROIDERY SAMPLER (FOR BEGINNERS)

An embroidery sampler is created as a demonstration or test of skill in needlework. It’s the perfect way to practice different kinds of stitches and make something pretty at the same time.

8 EMBROIDERY TIPS FOR BEGINNERS

One of the preliminaries for any beginner is what design to use, but this question of design is so particular, so very personal, that I can’t tell you, “Start with this.” The “this” that I choose might turn you off embroidery entirely.

BEGINNERS’ SILK-RIBBON EMBROIDERY: FIVE EASY STEPS

Silk-ribbon embroidery is a romantic, old art that uses ribbon, embroidery floss, and perle cotton to work beautiful floral motifs and decorative stitch patterns by hand on garments and accessories.

15 EASY HAND EMBROIDERY PATTERNS PERFECT FOR GIFT GIVING

If you’re looking for a new hobby to take up, why not give embroidery a try. It’s relaxing, relatively simple and about as inexpensive a hobby as there is. All you need to get started is a hoop, needle some embroidery floss and material and you’re set to start stitching. Not only that, embroidery is a really hot trend these days and getting hotter by the week – check out Instagram if you don’t believe me.

EMBROIDERY STITCH TUTORIALS

Easy to follow embroidery stitch tutorials for learning fun new embroidery stitches and techniques.

EMBROIDERY TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS +FREE CACTUS PATTERN

 Shelly will be taking us through a crash course in embroidery. If you love coloring, you may be surprised to know that your skills coloring on paper are pretty transferrable to coloring with thread. Shelly will fill us in on all the steps to get started, and you can do what you do best — create!

EMBROIDERY 101: HOW TO EMBROIDER

The basics are the beginning of a great hobby. Learn everything you need to know here.

5 BASIC EMBROIDERY STITCHES

Five of the most basic stitches to get you started in your new hobby.

HAND EMBROIDERY FOR BEGINNERS 

Enjoy learning embroidery with this beginner video. You will learn some of the basics.

 

6 BASIC EMBROIDERY STITCHES FOR BEGINNERS

So basically embroidery is fiber art. You create beautiful shapes, characters, flowers, figures or any design you want using thread and needle.

EMBROIDERY STITCHES FOR BEGINNERS-VIDEO WALKTHROUGH

Hand embroidery is so popular right now. I love having a project that I can work on while I am relaxing on the couch or in bed. Learning how to embroider can be intimidating so I am going to break it down step by step so that you can learn everything you need to know for how to embroider by hand. Here are all your embroidery questions answered about embroidery stitches for beginners.

 

Why not learn a new craft together as a family? Boys and Girls can both learn embroidery. ?