How to write with embroidery

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 ...

4 Surprisingly Easy Stitches for Perfect Hand Embroidered Letters

Hand embroidery is a great way to personalize gifts, and what better way to make a gift personal, than to write something on it? In these free step-by-step lessons, you'll learn a variety of hand embroidery stitches perfect for text, with tips on how to make your embroidered lettering look magnificent!

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 ...

Learn how to embroider letters by hand using 4 beginner friendly embroidery stitches with some helpful tips for success sprinkled in!

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 ...

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…