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.
Hi Sarah
Amazing project!
Am attaching a snapshot of an embroidered tapestry me and hubby have been making for our baby..
The clouds outline has been done in running stitch with rain in single chain stitch. The filling of the cloud has been done in multi-colored button holes.
The sun rays have been done in superficial herring-bone stitch and the disc has been done in button hole stitch.
The rainbow has been done in double chain stitch. The mountains are in running stitch while the snow is buttonhole stitch.
Wow… I am really amazed…
Ladies… Thats each and everyone of you …. From beginners to the advanced.. Everything is really and truly beautiful…
Soku
http://Www.threadymaze.blogspot.com
What a wonderful site. I am so excited that I found it. I am getting ready to start a crazy quilt and your website will provide endless ideas.
Of course I want to know like everyone else……when can I get a copy of an ebook or hard copy through the mail.
Thank you for your hours of compiling, dedication and love you have put into this work.
Regards,
Patty Chastain
Hi, Sarah…
Thanks for your contribution, This is one of my works.
hi these are some of my works
Like your work swarna…very good….what is the stitch called?
Hi Sarah
Amazing notes.
plz find some of my works below
Tissa
Thanks for the information so creative and inspiring. Greetings.
maravilla de sitio feliz con puntadas que aprendi para mi quehacer trabajo en un tapiz y me gusta mezclar tecnica agregar fibras vegetales semillas y detalles naturales
muchas gracias
juanita tagle
pintora
recolectora de semillas
santiago
chile
amerika del sol
TAPIZ HOMENAJE A MIGUEL ANGEL ASTURIAS.
PUNTADA SIMPLE DE RELLENO …
hi Sarah..
here is my handembroidery.. i use pattern from http://ginamatarazzo.com/
i work with backstitch, straigth, french knot, padded satin stitch..
here’s another part of my work 😉
and the last one..
overall of my work 🙂 😉
Dear Esti,
Your work is beautiful. What is the white on the bird and how did you get that texture. I do a lot of animals and I am at a loss as to how to ‘fill in’ their body parts so that it looks good.
Thanks so much,
Rienda
Dear Rienda,
hi Rienda,, the white one is felt fabric
I copied the bird pattern on the felt fabric and then cut it.
To attach the felt bird on the pattern, I was sewing the edges only.
i hope to inspire you Rienda 🙂
see u in next stitch 😀
Son preciosos los trabajos de verdad, tienen unas manos creativas, Sarah, como hago para bajar en PDf las puntadas ya que usted explica tan bien. los tutoriales son fantásticos, usted se da entender bien, y más cuando uno no sabe mucho de puntadas, uno se siente satisfecho y le dan ganas de aprender. Muchas gracias por darnos estas enseñanzas. Yo deseo saber como se llaman las puntadas y para que se usan y cuales son las indicadas para cada trabajo que uno desea realizar.
Sara,
Have been your blog reader for couple of years . I love your clear , precise instructions with beautiful photos. I am happy you are coming out with a ebook. Couldn’t wait for it to be published , so I can order.
Small suggestion for you . Are you familiar with this site http://www.etsy.com?. If you choose this site to set up shop and sell your book, it will be easy, safe and reliable for international readers like me. Also , you would get worldwide coverage. I order my designer fabrics, all my hardware for my sewing, knitting, yarns for knitting and embroidery designs thru etsy.
Here is a my fav fabric designer who started her store in etsy few years back with her illustrations and embroidery patterns as a stay at home mom. Now she has become a very famous fabric designer. check her embroidery designs for sale in her shop http://shop.sarahjanestudios.com/collections/embroidery-patterns.
Another fabric designer is aneela Hoey https://www.etsy.com/shop/comfortstitching?section_id=6515494&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1
Hi Sarah,
Great work.
I just came across this video link in a Facebook page. Just wanted to know if you have seen this – https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=413950728740953&set=vb.379560332179993&type=2&theater
Its a compilation of your work.
I love your site and whenever any doubt, i used to clarify it from here.
Thanks for your contribution.
Here are my little hand embroidary works.
Happy uploading here.
This is the salwar embroidery done by me and the first one too. I am presently working on the second one and will upload my work as soon as possible.
Its down by doing stem and satin stitch
Hi sara….Im so excited to see all this beautiful work….now ive got an idea to create my own work on a silk blouse with a v neck….please assit me wid som designs sara……
Here are some more stitches that I have done on hankies…..first try….hope u like it….some of them have been done with my granny’s help…she is a pro…if u want some of here embroidery pics on bed sheets and other stuff I cud get u…tell me if u like….i m damn sure u would luv them
Here r the pics
Hey Sarah u said it would be very lovely if I could add a stitch of my own…here they r ….just for u
A kasuti motif in my collection sara.
Hi Sarah,
Browsing and I found your informative site on hand embroidery…. perfect for a beginner like myself. I would very much like to do a “pulkari” embroidery on a kameez and wondering if you could kindly provide me some pulkari designs you may have, with the kind of stitches and usually how many strands of thread should be used? Oh, BTW, thank you for such an informational site for beginners like myself 🙂
Bless you!!
Again Kutch Work
Kutch work with back stitch
Stitches used are:
Kutch Stitch
Back Stitch
Here are some of my recent work…
Dear Savithri,
Really I liked your work. I am just researching how to learn embroidery. If you don’t mind how did you do it? 1st do I need to draw in the cloth & start to stich? How many hours did it take for you to finish 1?
If you can email vinitha_27@yahoo.co.in.
Regards
Vinitha
Hi
Please help me with the stiches used in ur beautiful design and also help me how to do long n short stich
Dear Savithri.
Beautiful work. Pls let me know what are the stiches used. Thank you.
Jayashri
Hi Sarah,
A small piece of work..
The stitches I have used are:
Rope stitch
Stem stitch
Lazy daisy petal
Back stitch and
Couching
This is a sample for holbein st
Some more
Sara
Some of my works in kasuti embroidery.
Thanks.
Hi sahar,
I just came across your site/blog . I always wanted to learn embroidery and yes I have found the right place to learn . Since I am a beginner,could you be so kind and list out what items I need to buy to start ass in needle,threads etc .. please help sahar.
Thanks in advance,
Vidya
Hi, I’m Anne Mende from Germany and I would like to contribute my compass embroidery piece.
Stitches used are:
french knot
Stem stitch
satin stitch
fishbone stitch
chain stitch
split stitch
back stitch
Hi SARAh it is nice talking to you.
rgds,
ritushree
Dear Anne,
What an amazing work! Beautifully taken picture. Thanks a lot for sharing. 🙂
i did it
How are my stitches
How is my work
Hi there! I am a huge fan of your site. I came across a stitch on a quilt my grandmother made 45 years ago, that I have not seen on your site and wanted to share it. It looks to me like a herringbone stitch, but the “x” is twisted. Trying to figure out how she did that! Anyhow, here it is – grandmas’s crazy quilt.
Dear Shel,
This stitch belongs to the herringbone family and is called the breton stitch. I have not put up the tutorial up here yet, though it is ready. Thanks for sharing.
sarah
Here is a sample of satin stitch.
Thanks.
I am new here and a beginner in embroidery….and this is what i made for the first time i held needle in ma fingers…i know not so good but just one effort 😛
Olá,
visitei seu site e adorei. Foi uma ótima viagem.
Como estudei em colégio de freiras (católicas) aprendi bordar,
mas não sabia os nomes dos pontos, das técnicas.
Agora já posso pegar minhas agulhas sabendo nomear o que estou fazendo.
Obrigada por compartilhar.
Hi,
I learned with you. Now y work is better. Thanks a lot!
Dear Andreia,
What a wonderful piece of work! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
hi looking at other embroideries specially like kasuthi and kutch work i went speechless i am posting my simple machine embroidery works here
Hi Sarah,
Sorry to contact you on here but I cant seem to find a contact email address, is there anyway I can contact you in private?
Thanks!
Few more kutch work, these are inspired by Karnatak Kashida designs.
I am embroidery lover and its my passion. Thanks for providing such a platform. Some of pure kutch work samples designed with no filler stitch around.
dear sara
plz teach me how to make ribbon embroidery.
thank u so much for this site.
Dear Sarah,
I am 62 years old and waiting on the birth of my first great grandchild. I am so very excited and find myself wanting to “make stuff”. I started trying to embroidery and it was okay, but I didn’t know any but the simpliest stitches. I found your site online and now I spend hours at a time practicing the different stitches. Your detailed instructions and pictures are a God-send and I truly appreciate what you are doing for others. Perhaps one day I will be good enough to be in one of your books also.
God bless and keep you.
Rienda
P.S. Can you tell me what stitches to use doing a baby’s face? Or any face/body outline. Thank you.
Dear Rienda,
First of all I apologize for my late response. I have two young children at home, and with almost no other help, it can get pretty busy.
Have you already welcomed your grand child into the world? Congratulations, either way. 🙂
For any face, you can use the back stitch or even the outline stitch. Well, you can use the chains stitch too. Please do share some of your works with us when possible. It will be lovely to see.
Best wishes.
Hi, i am sanchita. today for the first time i visited your site and i really liked it a lot. i love stitching and painting very much. this is my work of cross stich. hope everybody will like it.
Dear Sanchita,
Your work is very beautiful. To use this image in our book, we need a better resolution one. If possible, can you send us a picture of this piece of work in a higher resolution? 🙂
Hi sarah!
i have scanned my work in a good digital scanner. i think that this is now of better resolution and you can use this in your book.
sanchita
Hello Sarah,
Happy to share some of my work with you. I’ve used basic stitches like back stitch, whipped back stitch, chain stitch, lazy daisy stitch, french knots and herringbone stitch.
All patterns are available at http://www.needlenthread.com
Thanks,
Divya
Hi, I just found your site and I should say, it is amazing. The extent and ease you explain each stitch helps a lot to new beginners like me.
I send a traditional cross stitch work for your e-book. Considering some pieces I saw here, I feel a bit embarrassed but it is a very traditional work in my country, probably every house has one of these prayer rugs stitched with a similar design. As obvious, it is cross-stitch on Aida.
Hope this helps,
best wishes , Merve