The right tools for the right job – every tradesperson knows it. And it’s just as important in embroidery that you use the right needle for the project you are doing.

Assisi embroidery is also known as voided work or reserva, and is one of the monochromatic family of embroidery techniques. If you can do cross stitch, you can do Assisi!

A machine – whether it is used for general sewing or for embroidery – is an investment and with a little regular maintenance, it will give you years of service.

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

The Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress has gone on display, and there are some beautiful photos that show detail of the exquisite work done on the hand made lace.

Going on vacation doesn’t mean that you need to leave your stitching behind. With some simple preparation you can take your embroidery with you for those times when you just itch to stitch!

Nothing can be more annoying than having the colour from your thread bleeding and staining your embroidery piece. In this article, I’ll be looking at ways of preventing this, and removing stains that have already happened.

Two popular forms of Japanese embroidery are Nihon Shishu and Sashiko – both very different, and yet both exquisite in their own ways.

Every embroiderer has them – the UFO’s that lurk, glaring at us each time we see them. Why, however, do we start but not finish these embroideries? Boredom? Or something more?

Cross Stitch has, since the 1960’s, become an embroidery phenomenon. But there is more to it than many people think.