Folk Embroidery

Custom printed for pretty much every special thing there is Digitally printed cards on heavyweight stock Uncoated blank interior provides a superior writing surface Each card comes with a kraft envelope for mailing or gifting

I finished this piece long before I went away on my holiday. Just never got around to pressing and taking a photo. I loved stitching this fanciful bird from the clever mind and hand of Nancy Nicholson. I actually added extra embellishments just to make it feel more like mine. The kit was unique in that each of the stitches required was illustrated right on the upper and lower edges of the cloth. All her work is so beautiful; take a peek for yourself. Nancy Nicholson Site I love looking…

Polish embroidery

There’s another embroidery book that I’ve recently become hooked on, quite unlike the fine embroidery I’ve been ‘churning out’ recently. I think embroidery is so appea…

Embroidery patterns and kits designed by Polish Kasia Jacquot embroidery artist. Kits contain high quality linen, DMC threads. Also available downloadable patterns for embroidery. Embroidery workshops, classes and courses are also for sale via the website.

vintage craft books, free sewing, knitting and crochet patterns, fashion, accessories and homeware to make

Vintage embroidery books are full of instructions, descriptions of beautiful works and valuable information on the history of needlework and hand embroidery. Check the list of 26 free online vintage embroidery books to find some pearls!

My new book Modern Folk Embroidery has finally come out and here is a lovely display in Hoop Haberdashery in Tenterden, showing some of the projects in the book … Vanessa has done such a lovely job of it and I was thrilled to see what looked like someone else’s work there! You can buy [...]

Hungarian embroidery

Folk art flowers of the Kaszuby Region