Crewel stitches

Burden stitch is a lovely stitch for filling areas of your embroidery. It creates a good texture and can be stitched in different ways to mix this up.

The last time we visited Party in Provence, an embroidered kaleidoscope project that we’re working through step-by-step here on Needle ‘n Thread, we worked the big petals in the center of the design and the little flowers between them. Originally, I was going to start the week with some beadwork on Party in Provence, but ...

Ah, Embroidery Project Rotation! It can drive you nuts or keep you sane, depending on how you look at it! These days, I have several embroidery projects going, and I work them in a kind of rotation schedule. I showed you earlier this year how I organize multiple embroidery projects at once. And a

It has been another very hot week here, so I have spend endless hours armed with a hose to keep the garden alive. Although I didn...

Crewel is an elaborate form of embroidery featuring decorative, long stitches made with coloured worsted yarns. Traditionally worked on natural or white li

I promised to show you this, my crewel embroidery piece 'Tree of Life' started and completed in the mid 1970's. I recall it took me perhaps a couple of years, picking it up now and then between family and work commitments when we lived in Massachusetts. I bought it as a kit - complete with the skeins of wools in beautiful colors, printed Belgian linen, and stitch instructions - offered by one of the most admired American stitchery women ever, the late Elsa Williams. After a lengthy search…

This is a hardcover embroidery book only. It is not a kit or a completed project. The book is from 1962 by Mildred J. Davis. There are 224 pages. It has some shelf wear but is otherwise in good condition. CONDITION ISSUE: There is an inked inscription on the first page of the book by the previous

Some crewel embroidery stitches are easy, and some are complex. The basic embroidery stitches are used in many other embroidery methods.