🧵✨ National Embroidery Month: Week Two Round-Up! ✨🧵
We’re halfway through National Embroidery Month, and it’s been an exciting journey of stitches, creativity, and embroidery inspiration! Whether you’ve been experimenting with new techniques, refining your skills, or just soaking up all the embroidery goodness, we hope you’re feeling as inspired as we are.
Here’s a quick round-up of what we’ve been sharing this week—from framing tricks to goldwork magic!
✨ Frame Up Differently
Tired of bulky backings? Window mounting is a clever technique that keeps fabric flat and tensioned while offering a cleaner back finish—perfect for embroidering garments and irregular shapes like curved collars. If you love precision and neat finishes, this method is a game-changer!
🌈 A Rainbow of Stitches
Color is what brings embroidery to life! Whether you love bold contrasts or subtle gradients, working with a variety of hues can transform your projects. We love incorporating vibrant color palettes into our embroidery kits—what’s your go-to color combo?
🧵 Try a New Technique
Want to level up your embroidery skills? The best way to grow is by learning multiple techniques in one go! Taking a class that introduces different stitches can boost your confidence and creativity, helping you refine your style while expanding your embroidery repertoire.
👯♀️ Stitch Together
Embroidery is even better when shared! Gather your friends for a stitch session—whether it’s a casual coffee chat with your hoop in hand or a dedicated embroidery night, stitching together sparks creativity, builds skills, and makes the process even more fun!
🌹 Wagon Wheel Stitch
This classic woven stitch isn’t just for creating stunning embroidered roses—it’s also a fantastic way to cover round holes with a strong, decorative finish! A perfect combination of function and beauty in embroidery.
🔧 Small Tools, Big Impact
Meet the Goldwork Mellor—a small but mighty tool designed to shape and smooth metal threads in goldwork embroidery. It may look noteworthy, novel, and nifty, but it plays a big role in achieving precision and finesse in your goldwork designs!
✨ Learn Goldwork Chipping
Looking to add texture and sparkle to your embroidery? Goldwork chipping lets you scatter tiny metal chips across your design for a rich, luxurious effect—like painting with gold, one stitch at a time. A must-try for anyone wanting to elevate their embroidery work!
💛 More Tips Coming Soon!
We’re not done yet—there’s still so much more to come in National Embroidery Month! Keep following along for more techniques, tools, and creative ideas to take your embroidery to the next level.
We’d love to see what you’re stitching! Tag us @LondonEmbroiderySchool and use #NationalEmbroideryMonth to share your latest creations.
