We have been working on our hand embroidery eBook and we would like it to feature some of your works as samples. Please contribute your embroidery work as attachments in the reply/comment box below.
Try to upload the images in the highest possible quality, and remember to mention the stitches used, along with your name and location. Selected images will be featured in the book with due credits.
Sample from Maria Tenorio
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THANK YOU
We could not thank enough for the overwhelming contributions from everyone. They are all great pieces of work. We appreciate the effort and time you took to make them, take pictures, and send them to us. We are still working on the eBook. So, we are still open to contributions. Looking forward to many more. 🙂
Dated: April 20th, 2014
Sarah and Rocksea
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UPDATE
Finally, the Hand Embroidery Stitch eBook is on Sale!
Dated: June 27th, 2019
Sarah and Rocksea
Sarah has been researching and sharing hand embroidery lessons for over 17 years, making it accessible to everyone around the globe.
I am hoping that by some off the things I do, people will reach out and try new things. Lots of times, when I start something – I am not sure I can make it OK. For the beading… It first, I did not know how many beads would work. What I did was put my threaded needle in, put a number of the beads on the needle…………..push the beads down onto the fabric and then, put my needle against the last bead.
Thee comments were for my rose…………Thanks for being here.
I am hoping that by some off the things I do, people will reach out and try new things. Lots of times, when I start something – I am not sure I can make it OK. For the beading… It first, I did not know how many beads would work. What I did was put my threaded needle in, put a number of the beads on the needle…………..push the beads down onto the fabric and then, put my needle against the last bead. Again, I tried to put the picture in here buy could not. Please share the info. Thanks again for your lovely site.
Thank you, Sylvia for sharing this beautiful rose with us. Love the way you have used the beads. It adds nice glitz to the piece.
For the purse……………I just put 2 to 3 beads on there and then went through them again to make sure they were on there. At time I did the purse, I knew nothing about embroidery…………..Thank you so much for all you do and and all I have learned from your site………………………
For the purse…….to hold the beads, I just went back through them after putting in 2 or 3. I knew nothing about embroidery at that time….but thought it would look good on the purse. I have learned soooooo much from you. Your site is GREAT and very well put together….easy to learn from. I have finished my dance shawl and tried to put a photo of it in here but, so far am not abe to do so……….I will try once more then send it to you in another way……………THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO.
Wonderful, Sylvia! Thank you so much for your beautiful words and appreciation.❤️
I received your e mail about using beads in embroidewry……….Unknowingly, I think I did that years ago when making purses. (Hope this prints) Here is a beaded horse purse I did years ago.
Wow! the picture uploaded this time! Thank you for sharing this beautiful work with us, Sylvia. It is really beautiful! Do you remember if you used any particular stitch to hold the beads?
Hope his picture takes this time. I finished my embroidery of Missy, the cougar I used to have. I think I got her eye expressions. Believe it or not, she was a loveable cat. I REALY APPRECIATE YOU AND WHAT YOU PUT ON HERE…HAS HELPED ME A LOT. i HAVE A TENDENCY TO WANT THINGS TO LOOK JUST SO………… nOW, i AM GOING TO PUT THE TIGER, MISSY THE COUGAR AND MY OTHER COUGAR EMBROIDERY ON MY DANCE SHAWL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. I HAVE LEARNED SOOOO MUCH FROM YOU. Still….your sit says Sorry, can only upload images. An image is what I am trying to upload. I will put this on your messages because I want you to see. Thanks, Sylvia
Hello…..I wanted to send you a photo of the peacock I embroidered……I’m still waiting on the embroidery floss I want to use soooooooooooo, rather then not embroider, I chose a photo I thought would go good on a pillow. I’ve done that and am sending it to you to view. I know I’ve made mistakes but it is my very first. Hope you like it.
Hi Sylvia,
What a delight to see your work! Is it really your first work ever!? I am so impressed. I loved the pattern and the choice of stitches and you have executed them well! I will wait for the peacock pattern.
❤️ Sarah
I’m still waiting for the embroidery floss. It’s coming from Canada and there has been a hold on the shipping. ………and, Yes, this is my very first embroidery. I am a very creative person…. and try to make everything I do look good. Thank you for the compliment…..makes me smile. HAVE A GREAT DAY and thanks again for your site……….BIG HELP, IT IS.
Ring knot flowers
Beautiful as usual, Shami. 😍 Thanks for sharing.
Flowers – french knots
Stems – stem stitch
Leaves- leaf stitch
This is a fragment of 1820s embroidery pattern for Berlin’s wool work. I used cross-stitch technique to make the embroidery and top stitched it to a collar of a dress-shirt. It turned out looking great, I got lot’s of complements 🙂
In the article I gave a link to your cross-stitch how-to tutorial.
https://americadaily.com/simple-diy-antique-cross-stitch-embroidery-pattern-modern-denim/
Hi Sarah,
Desperately waiting for ur e book. 🙂
Hi Smitha,
Thank you very much for all these contributions. They are beautiful, especially the Christmas ornaments. Sorry for responding late…we were caught up in a year long travel out of the country.
Sarah
Very beautiful. Do you have a high resolution photo of these pieces? Would love to add them to the ebook if you could send it to me. Thanks!
A Pocket Pal
Hi Sarah,
I note the e-book completion bar is excitingly close, at 190/210.
Perhaps you could post a list of the last 20 stitches you would like photos for? I’m sure many contributors would be happy to create pieces featuring whichever stitches you need!
Blessings,
AA
Hi Alison,
That’s a great idea! There are many stitches for which I desperately wished someone would provide samples. And I guess it will be good if I just list it out there. 🙂
I am sorry for the double post. I thought the first had not posted. Do you need a description for the other picture (the blue flowers)?
This picture is from a challenge I completed back in 2010. The Koi fish is silk ribbon embroidery using mostly straight stitch with some split stitches. The head uses the same stitches with silk thread, not ribbon. The gold outline is an outline stitch using Krenick thread. The eye is satin stitched. The waves are just ribbon that is shaped and tacked down with small stitches. The lace to the right is attached with detached lazy daisy or chain stitch using silk perle thread (size 5? maybe). There are many more to share from this piece, but I cannot continue to post right now.
Beautiful work. I am also interested in your profile picture as my name is also Karen and I used to have a black and white cat and a smaller, younger black cat. I appreciate the detail of these photos of your work but am interested in seeing the entire piece. Thanks!
These pictures are from a challenge I completed back in 2010. The Koi fish is silk ribbon embroidery using mostly straight stitch with some split stitches. The head uses the same stitches with silk thread, not ribbon. The gold outline is an outline stitch using Krenick thread. The eye is satin stitched. The waves are just ribbon that is shaped and tacked down with small stitches. The lace to the right is attached with detached lazy daisy or chain stitch using silk perle thread (size 5? maybe).
Here is an example of bullion stitch done in overdyed silk floss. The green stitching is the fly stitch and fern stitch. It is eventually to be a crazy quilt pincushion.
Hand Embroidery a unique example of Kashida and cloth designing in Pakistan.
great work sara