How to Embrace Imperfection in Your Embroidery
Embroidery is well-known for detailed, intricate designs that can be brought to life by needle and thread. Because of that, the fear of making mistakes can often hold us back...
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What Size Needle to Use For Hand Embroidery
One of the most asked questions by beginner and intermediate embroiderers alike is “what needle do I use?”It’s not exactly surprising, there’s so many different types of needles, and the...
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How to Create Texture in Hand Embroidery
One of the main things that makes hand embroidery stand out compared to machine embroidery, cross stitch and the like, is the texture that you can create with your stitches....
New PDF Embroidery Pattern and Kit: Rainbow Meadow
I love rainbows, and all of the boho decor that usually comes with them. I wanted to create an embroidered rainbow, but it wouldn’t be a Mindful Mantra Embroidery creation...
Why Our Embroidery Academy is the Best Place to Learn
Whether you’re a beginner embroiderer who has absolutely no idea where to start, or an intermediate embroiderer that is bored of all the ‘beginner friendly’ resources out there, our Embroidery...
How To Back An Embroidery Hoop With A Glue Gun
In this blog post, we'll explore how back your embroidery hoop using a hot glue gun. Whether you're a seasoned embroiderer using a different method to finish off your embroideries...
How to Transfer an Embroidery Pattern Using Heat Erasable Ink
In this blog post, we'll explore how to transfer an embroidery pattern onto fabric using a heat erasable pen. Whether you're a seasoned embroiderer using a different transfer method or...
How to set up fabric in an embroidery hoop
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...
4 Things I wish I knew before I started embroidery
In this blog post, I’m going to share four things I wish I had known when I started my hand embroidery journey. These tips will help you avoid common mistakes...
My Best 3 Tips for Beginners to Embroidery
Embroidery is a beautiful and rewarding craft that anyone can learn, but it can feel overwhelming to those just starting out. In this blog post, we will provide beginner tips...
8 Common Embroidery Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
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...
New Embroidery PDF Pattern and Kit: Tea, Coffee, Books and Flowers
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...
Fundraising for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal
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...
Get Creative Again in Year 2025
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...
Spring 2022 Shop Update
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...
Stitch 'Future Forward' this February with Pattern Club
With the start of the new year, I decided it was time to create a Pattern Subscription, so that you could get a brand new pattern each and every month!I...
New Embroidery Kit: Fizz and Florals
By now you'll probably know that florals are my absolute fave thing to embroider. They're pretty and versatile, and can be stitched in so many different ways!They can also be...
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