Embroidering sites....?

I'm trying to learn how to embroider, with strings you use for friendship bracelets, but the books i got are crap and i cant follow what they're showing me. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good site that shows the different stitches step-by-step so i could learn. So far i only know two, and that is cross-stitch and the back-stitch, i want to try and learn more. So any site will be helpful, as long as its designed for new-bes and not people who've been doing it for years.

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8 replies since 9th February 2008 • Last reply 9th February 2008

Reply #1:

Try this one and see if it helps at all: http://www.ehow.com/video_2091053_embroider-for-beginners.html

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Reply #2:

go to dreamfollow.com, the lady does the most beautiful embroidery ever! She doesn't have tutorials on the site but she has written a book so you could take a look at that. Make sure to check out her blog (she calls it her 'journal')

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Reply #3:

aimee ray *thumbs up*

yeh learning a few stiches it all you need which you can learn if you just google the stitch.

Running Stitch (easy peasy and most basic)
Chain stitch
Satin stitch
French knot

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Reply #4:

thanks for the stitch names, I want to learn a bit too.

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Reply #5:

yeh it's easy when you know the names of the stiches, because it's like a starting point. I have been taught in person all of them from the textiles 'unit' we had at college and I got the hang of them really easily after I was shown a few times and practised after about 5 mins and I'm sure there's videos on youtube or somewhere on how to do them.

I'm adding a little plug here for isew.co.uk which is sewing as the name suggests but would help with sewing too, seems relevant!

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Reply #6:

im getting good at the basic stiches, havent tried doing an acutal design yet. But the little flowers i make to put on cards are looking awesome.

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Reply #7:

goodo I'm really getting into embroidery its just like drawing with thread! or as Aimee Ray would say doodle stitching! My embroidery writing is better then my own hand writing!

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Reply #8:

double postiiing dont caaare

http://inaminuteago.com/stitchindex.html ummm shit!

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