Thread painting embroidery

As you probably know, I am very fond of the embroidery technique called long and short stitching, and I hope more and more people fall in love with it and see that it is actually not that scary and not that hard. Well, it is not that easy either and it requires some time and patience to get friendly with it. But it is totally worth it, isn't it? By today I actually have plenty of material on this blog about long and short stitch as well as needle painting. So I decided to gather it all up in…

It goes by so many names, this technique of creating realistic shading in embroidery. But no matter what name it goes by, and whether there are slight nuances in the meanings of the different names, all the techniques named above involve the dominant use of long & short stitch. I use the term

What is thread painting? MCreativeJ shares more on this hand embroidery technique, along with patterns, kits, and resources.

Hello everyone Hope your week is going well. For several months I have been working with the idea of providing tutorials on my website – am still tinkering with the idea of uploading some vi…

Stitch Trish Burr's Pansies in this stitch along. We tackle all the hurdles of needle painting together!

This thread painting pattern is full of fun embroidery stitches. You don't need any experience with thread painting to make it, however some embroidery experience is recommended due to the size and complexity of the design. Happy stitching!

Paint With Thread by Emilie Ferris is a richly illustrated step-by-step guide with five main projects for readers to follow, all inspired by the changing of the seasons and its impact on nature. With detailed tutorials, a separate stitch guide and all the information required to begin and finish each embroidery project.

Thread painting is not as hard as it looks. Debunk the myth that thread painting is hard and get tips on how to move forward.