NEEDLE N THREAD

Hand embroidery is easier if you have someone around to show you how to do it. You can certainly find just about any hand embroidery stitch illustrated in a book, but it's not quite the same as sitting down next to a friend who can walk you through the stitches. There are quite a few videos available on embroidery stitches, but I've noticed that they are either for special techniques (such as "crewel embroidery" or "ribbon embroidery") or they are very expensive for only a few stitches. So I thought I'd see if I could manage a library of hand embroidery stitches on video.

The idea of making free videos of hand embroidery stitches came about mostly as an extension to my summer hand embroidery classes that I teach to kids (and now also to adults). It's fun to teach embroidery, and it's fun to see people learn to embroider. Why not let more people learn, by hosting the videos online for free?

I've arranged the stitches according to type, but as the library of embroidery videos expands, I can see that it is going to require a little re-arranging.

Feel free to leave a comment if you have any specific stitch you would like to see on video, by the way. I'm always up to requests, and I plan for the stitch library to keep developing over the years.

And, in case you're interested, here's an article about how I make the embroidery stitch video tutorials.

satish .................... 17 July