Hand embroider letters

Hand embroidery brings a personal touch to just about any project, whether you’re adding a quick quilt label or stitching your favorite quote to hang on the wall. Check out these easy stitches for perfect hand embroidered letters. One of the best ways to make a big impact: choosing a font for all your pretty letters.

This is a brief exercise in the Hand Embroidered Lettering series here on Needle ‘n Thread. The word is short – “The” – and I’m using a fairly easy stitch for it (the heavy chain stitch). I’ll tell you why I chose this stitch, show you the thread I’m using, and give you a look ...

5 tired and true tips for making embroidery lettering for beginners. We cover both block and script lettering.

Years ago, I wrote a series of articles on hand embroidered writing. The articles take you step-by-step through different embroidery stitches that work well for embroidered writing. Today, we’re going to add a stitch to that list – particularly, a stitch known today as the “Quaker Stitch” because it was formulated to work as the ...

If you’re a hand embroiderer, a quilter, a textile artist, or a crafter, you’ve probably run into situations where you could add words, text, and lettering to your projects. Hand embroidery is an excellent way to personalize gifts, household objects, momentos, quilts, journal covers – just about anything! Writing with your needle and thread can ...

What stitches do you use for embroidering letters by hand? How to do script fonts and initials? Get started with letter embroidery!

Have you noticed all of the hand embroidery projects with letters on them? From funny to inspirational, there is something for everyone. It’s not that hard to write your own messages with e…

In this starter guide, I'll take you through how to hand embroider letters, or cursive - it's easier than you think!

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