Embroidering words

Let your hand embroidery speak for you! Learn how to stitch letters in four decorative ways.

One of the best parts about embroidery is the ability to personalise your stitching with words. Adding names, initials or messages can turn your work into something that is, even more, special and meaningful. Especially if you are giving it as a gift! Read this blog to learn how to add embroidered words to patterns.

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

What stitches should you use when hand embroidering letters? In this blog and video tutorial I go over using back stitch, split stitch, stem stitch, chain stitch, couching and satin stitch.

Stem stitch is a beautiful rope-like hand embroidery stitch that works great for writing with a needle and thread. There are two real difficulties with stem stitch: stitch direction and curves. I’ll try to eliminate both of those difficulties in this tutorial. Before venturing into the tutorial, you might want to take a look at ...

Hand embroided personalised jumpers - Pixie&Me on Instagram: "A slow and simple chain stitch tutorial! I use this stitch for evvvvverything! It is my absolute favourite and there are a few ways to do it! This is a simple beginner friendly way and I hope you give it a go! The needle inside in this video is a 6mm blunt needle The yarn that I use is 200g acrylic, this is a personal preference and a yarn that I find so nice to work with! I use purple fabric pens! They are air/water erasable…

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 ...

Stitchin With Samantha | Embroidery Patterns & Kits on Instagram: "✨Back Stitch✨ Slowed down tutorial on how to use back stitch to embroider names on clothing.🪡 I’m using 6 strands of thread here and stitching my custom collar name pattern from my shop. What do you think - are you ready to take this stitch on now?🤩 #handembroidery #embroidery #backstitch #embroiderytutorial #babyclothes #diycrafts #momlife #momcrafts #tutorial #crafting #embroideryclothes #embroideredclothing…

Learn how to embroider letters with my easy tutorial. I'll show you two of my favorite ways to embroider script fonts for two beautiful looks!

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 ...