Instagram has become a great place for creative minds to share their art, and this is no different with hand embroidery. There are thousands of embroidery artists of all levels in the Instagram community, and artists are more than willing to help one another.

There are a few mistakes that I have come to realise over the years that I often see others make, so I thought why not make a blog post all about it to hopefully help those who are new to the craft!
So, here we go!
The list of the most common mistakes I see hand embroidery beginners make:

This one is for the total beginners amongst us! And that's perfectly okay, everyone starts somewhere, so if that's you, be sure to keep reading!

One of the biggest mistakes I see made by newbie-embroiderers is incorrectly loading the fabric into the embroidery hoop. It might seem like a straight forward task, and, essentially it is, but if done incorrectly, you will be left with loose fabric that doesn't hold your stitches very well.

Now introducing our latest embroidered creation. This is one of our favourites so far so it definitely deserves its' own blog post!

Even though I absolutely love embroidering flowers (if you couldn't already tell!), sometimes I do feel like I need to switch things up a lil bit.

Like most people across the world, the news about the war in Ukraine has left me devastated, feeling helpless for those families and children that are having to flee their homes, and seek refuge with strangers.

So, what am I doing to help?
I know I am not alone in feeling this way, and that has been shown across the craft and creative community, as so many artists have done a variety of things to raise money for the Ukraine Appeal, from donating pieces of art to donating profits. Of course, I wanted to get involved in that too, and have done so with this Sunflower Embroidery Pattern.

Okay okay, I know it's already March (where has this year gone already?!), but it's not too late to learn a new craft!

Now is as good a time as any to get your creative hat back on and pick up a new craft. Whether you've tried embroidery before, or you're brand new to it, there's a tonne of reasons why you should get crafty!

Spring is around the corner, so it only seems right to introduce a bunch of fun new patterns and kits to the shop. These are (of course) floral, and are perfect for spring, as they are inspired by nature bring in some lovely muted pastel colours.