It’s time to spread your machine embroidery wings. Step away from the digitised designs, and start freestyling!

A favoured motif for Elizabethan and Jacobean embroiderers, the Gillyflower design is a pretty way to decorate a shirt pocket or use a row of them on a guest towel.

Start your BellaOnline Embroidery Band Sampler with this first band.

This is the second band for your Free Bellaonline.com Embroidery Band Sampler!

Stitch this delightful pair of parachuting penguins for yourself, or your children.

Now you’ve mastered basic embroidery stitches, it’s time to take it to the next level and look at some Crewel Embroidery stitches.

Freestyle embroidery looks intricate and hard, but by mastering these five basic stitches, you can turn out complex pieces with ease!

We all love a freebie, and I’ve found some great places to find free embroidery projects for you!!

Look inside for the December recommendations for the Embroidery Book Club

A slip isn’t just underwear. In embroidery, it’s a piece of embroidery appliquéd to other fabric – and they’ve got a lot of uses!