Here's What Bloom Embroidery Academy Members Learned This Month 🪡✨

Ever wondered what it’s really like to be part of a hand embroidery membership that helps you grow your skills month after month? This post is your behind-the-scenes look at what Bloom Embroidery Academy members learned in August - and how it’s helping them stitch with more confidence, creativity, and joy! 🌸

So if you've mastered the basics of hand embroidery and you're wondering... what's next? How do you move beyond simple stitches and start creating textured, layered, gallery-worthy pieces?

The answer? You level up - and there’s no better place to do that than inside Bloom Embroidery Academy, our supportive, fun-filled community for stitchers ready to grow. 🥰

Whether you're feeling stuck in the backstitch zone or itching to stitch more creatively, learning how to improve embroidery skills isn’t about perfection - no, it’s about confidence, consistency, and creativity. That’s exactly what Bloom Embroidery Academy is here for.

Inside the membership, members get step-by-step tutorials, stitch technique deep dives, full 5-day workshops, design inspiration, and expert guidance - all tailored for embroiderers who want to move beyond beginner, and start stitching with intention. ✨🪡

If you’ve ever found yourself asking “How do I get better at embroidery?” or “What’s the next step after mastering the basics of embroidery?”, this post will give you a peek into the kind of hands-on, practical learning Bloom members get every single month.

👇🏼 Here's what we covered in August (and why Bloom keeps stitchers motivated, inspired, and making real progress month after month!)

What’s New in Bloom Embroidery Academy: August 2025 Round-Up 🍃

August was full of exciting techniques, next-level stitches, and creative inspiration! Whether you're looking to add depth to your embroidery or try something completely new, here's what our members got access to:

A Beautiful New Pattern: Dragonfly Felt Appliqué

This month’s featured project was called 'Where Wings Bloom', and it was an advanced embroidery pattern with a twist!🤭 This gorgeous dragonfly design uses:

• Felt appliqué for soft, textured wings
• 3D-looking stitches to make your embroidery pop off the fabric
• Layered techniques that build confidence and creativity

 

Perfect for stitchers looking to dip their toes into more complex embroidery styles, but in a really simple way!

And let's just say that our members really loved it too 👇🏼

Raised & 3D Stitch Tutorials

Want to learn more intricate and advanced embroidery stitches, and add depth and dimension to your embroidery projects? This month, we focused on raised and 3D embroidery stitches - a whole new way to bring your embroidery to life!

Inside Bloom, members learned:

• How to use 3D stitches for floral embroidery
• Step-by-step video tutorials for advanced stitches, including this beautiful textured flower pictured below, and

• How to stitch the woven wheel rose embroidery stitch when only half of the rose is shown! Like this Bloom pattern below 👇🏼

This is the kind of stuff that takes your work from flat and fine to "Woah, I still can't believe I made that!!"!

 

August's Creative Challenge: Pick Your Own Colour Palette🪡

Every month inside Bloom Embroidery Academy, members get a fresh creative challenge - designed to expand their skills, boost confidence, and keep things super fun! And with a whole free month of membership up for grabs every single months, it's a win-win for our members! 

From open-ended stitching prompts to unexpected random challenges, they are all about putting what you’ve learned into practice, but without the pressure of perfection.

This month’s challenge was all about colour palettes 🌈✨

Using our “How to Choose Colour Palettes for Embroidery” tutorial (available in the Academy library), members were encouraged to pick their own embroidery colour palettes, and if they wanted to, stitch something totally unique with that palette. The goal? To explore personal style, experiment with colours, and build trust in their own creative eye 🥰

We also have a printable download to help with planning and inspiration for colour palettes - and the results were seriously gorgeous 😍. Here are some of the palettes picked out by Teresa, Kitti, Kim and Cayenne!👇🏼

Whether they picked soft muted palettes or went more bold + bright, each member brought their own flair to the challenge - and the results were as colourful as they were confidence-boosting 🥰💖

✨ These challenges are a core part of how Bloom helps stitchers improve embroidery skills in real time, by applying techniques in fun, achievable ways! Click here to find out more about joining us inside Bloom Embroidery Academy!

 

🍂 Coming this September: An Autumn-Inspired Embroidery Project

When this post goes live in early September, Bloom members will also be getting a brand-new seasonal project! Think warm tones, cosy vibes, and a satisfying mix of stitches to welcome autumn in the most creative way😍🍂

Want to be the first to stitch it? You know what to do 👇🏼

>> Click here to explore Bloom!

 

And This Was Just ONE Month... 😍

Yep! All of this was released in just one month inside Bloom Embroidery Academy.

But that’s not all you get when you join. Inside the Bloom Library, you’ll also unlock:

• 🌼 50+ embroidery patterns (categorised from beginner to advanced)
• 🧵 45+ stitch tutorials (with step-by-step videos and photo guides)
• 📚 Technique deep-dives, workshops, and so much more

If you're serious about improving your embroidery - whether you want to learn new techniques, explore textured stitches, or just feel more confident creating on your own - Bloom is the place to be.

👉🏼 Click here to learn more about Bloom Embroidery Academy and join the loveliest corner of the internet for ambitious stitchers like you 🪡💕