For hundreds of years, Monograms have been used to mark household linen, and to show status. With a few easy stitches, you can create your own heirlooms!

There are two things that distinguish Elizabethan embroidery: enormous bugs and densely covered fabric.

The Tudor period in history was where the amateur embroiderer really started to emerge. By the time of Elizabeth I, it was an accepted thing that all well-brought up young girls would learn embroidery as a matter of course.

Every embroiderer has the dream of designing her own pieces, and carting programs seem to offer this opportunity, by allowing you to use scanned images to create a chart. Why, then is the result often less than desirable?

Although geared towards Cross Stitch, this article gives a list of the basic items you should have in your embroidery workbox, no matter what style of embroidery you are embarking upon.

There are many different crossed stitches that you can use in your Cross Stitch. Here, you can explore some of them.

Cross Stitch is the thing that most people think of when they hear the word "embroidery". However - there is more to it than you think!

I like to experiment with embroidery stitches on items I make for my children and grandchildren. Lately, I´ve been using an open buttonhole stitch on doll clothes -- along the hems of the skirt and edges of the sleeves.

Creative buttonhole stitch for edging table linens!

You´ve bought a pattern, and your friend asks for a copy. Or perhaps you´re having a fundraiser, and want to sell embroidered articles with your favorite football team logo on them. Just what can and can´t you do with your embroidery patterns?