The Hindu: Once a hub of handmade Bruges lace, Kochi is now a centre of embroidery Philomena is perhaps one of the last of the Bruges lace makers in Kochi. The 78-year-old from Aroor is known for her complex patterns using 26 bobbins. Lace-making and hand embroidery came to Kochi ...

Understanding the Context

Once a hub of handmade Bruges lace, Kochi is now a centre of embroidery Tutorials for Hand Embroidered Leaves & Flowers Do you want to add more variety to your hand embroidery projects by stitching different types of leaves or flowers? After all, when you look at flowers and foliage in their natural setting, they’re rarely exactly the same! Embroidered Writing – My Favorite Stitches for It It’s happening again! I’m getting lots of emails lately about embroidered writing – which has me thinking that there’s either a big project going on out there somewhere involving embroidered text, or embroidering hand-written text is becoming trendy again on the social media waves.

Key Insights

Hand Embroidery: Lettering and Text 8: The split stitch works great for embroidered writing, especially when worked with a non-stranded thread, like floche or perle cotton. This tutorial shows you how to embroidery letters using split stitch and it talks a bit about threads, too. The Art of Embroidered Butterflies is a book of Pure Inspiration. It’s packed with artistic inspiration, and though light on the technical how-to instruction that we are used to from project books, it still instructs. If you are enchanted by the butterfly (whether embroidered or not), this book will delight you!

Final Thoughts

RSN Embroidered Boxes by Heather Lewis – Book Review If you pre-ordered the new RSN Techniques, Projects & Pure Inspiration book on Embroidered Boxes, then you probably already have it in hand. Written by Heather Lewis under the auspices of the Royal School of Needlework and published by Search Press, the book came out last ...