Embroidery Resources

My hope is the following resources help you either prepare for a class or assist you at home.

Tutorials

Need a refresher on a stitch or looking for inspiration? These are my favorite resources.

Sarah's Hand Emboridery

Sarah’s Hand Embroidery is your one stop destination for hand embroidery stitch lessons with step-by-step illustrations, patterns, projects, and a bit of history.

Website: https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/reference/picture-dictionary/

Royal School of Needlework's Stitch Bank

RSN Stitch Bank is a free resource designed to preserve the art of hand embroidery through digitally conserving and showcasing the wide variety of the world’s embroidery stitches and the ways in which they have been used in different cultures and times. Now containing over 500 stitches, each stitch entry contains information about its history, use and structure as well as a step-by-step method with photographs, illustrations and video.

Website: https://rsnstitchbank.org/

Embroidery samplers

I love these samplers.

Stabilizer

I like to use this Sulky self-adhesive stabilize that washes away.

Embroidery Books

Top Favorite at the moment is Christi Johnson's Mystical Stitches. I want to embroidery every design she has in this book! Order from your local bookstore!
Wardrobe Embroidery: Knit & Embroidery Projects for Upcycling Clothes by Warunee Bolstad. Excellent ideas, templates and also includes embroidery designs and instructions for knits.