Contents
Embroidery Basics
How to Choose Embroidery Fabric
Embroidery Thread
Embroidery Tools
How to Read Embroidery Patterns
How to Prepare Fabric for Embroidery
How to Transfer Embroidery Templates
How to Place Fabric in a Hoop
How to Start Embroidery Thread
Embroidery Stitching Methods
Embroidery Stitch Library
How to Fix Embroidery Mistakes
How to Finish a Design (or Thread)
How to Display Finished Embroidery
How to Cross Stitch
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- The tools you'll need to embroider a pattern from start to finish
- The most popular stitches, and how to do them yourself
- Ways to prepare fabric for your embroidery designs
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Embroidery Basics
Embroidery is the craft of using a needle and thread to add color, texture, pattern, and intricate, textural detail to fabric. This chart covers both types of embroidery: free embroidery and counted-thread embroidery.
- Free embroidery: This type of embroidery includes crewel work, the historical style of needlework used in tapestries. It’s called “free” because the embroiderer can form irregularly shaped stitches.
- Counted-thread embroidery: In this type of embroidery the stitches generally must conform to a grid defined by the fabric. Cross stitch is a type of counted thread embroidery.
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