Hand embroidered lettering

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 ...

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

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.

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…

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

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 ...

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

If you want to add a personal touch to your projects, learning how to embroider letters is a great skill to have. This tutorial covers 4 simple stitches.

Do you want to stitch handwriting and make it look neat? There is nothing simpler! :) There are many ways to work lettering in hand embroidery and I actually already prepared a post on this topic before: Hand embroidery lettering ideas I based that article mostly on the posts that I already had on the blog and I actually did mention the trick from today in passing there. But without the visual support of a picture it's likely that some might have missed that. And then I got questions about…

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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 ...

The whipped backstitch creates a rope-like line in a very simple way. The foundation of this stitch is a backstitched line. If you need to see how the backstitch is worked, visit the backstitch video. You can see the whipped backstitch in this photo below – it’s the lower line, in yellow and blue: You ...

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floral hand embroidery and hand beading in the letter K with pink yellow orange

Hand embroidered lettering using vintage fabrics

Learn how to embroider letters by combining a few basic stitches. These cute monograms make great decorations for children's items!

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Holly on Instagram: "How to do lettering with embroidery! I always get asked how I do my lettering, and it has stayed the same over many years - good old split stitch! 🪡🖋️"

The next frontier? Embroidery letters. It’s one thing to stitch petals and vines, but smooth, legible letters? That’s a whole other challenge.