120 Embroidery Stitches + Embroidery Tips, Tricks & Techniques

How-to guides for modern hand embroidery

Two digital books. One takes you through how to do creative surface embroidery. The other shows you step-by-step how to do all the stitches. 

Stitch with confidence

120 Embroidery Stitches and Embroidery Tips, Tricks & Techniques are all you need. No more trawling the internet. They’re easy to understand, clearly written and well-illustrated books on how to do creative surface embroidery. Treasure troves of useful information – a great foundation for beginners and a comprehensive reference for more experienced stitchers – you’ll use them for years to come. They’ll make you feel completely at ease with a needle and thread.

A huge variety

120 stitches for you to explore. Well-known basics as well as some unusual ones and variations on stitches you may already know. Divided into eight stitch families – straight, back, chain, blanket, fly and feather, knotted, crossed, couched and woven – you can see how they relate to and build on each other. The contents page and an index at the back make it easy to find any stitch and alternative names are listed for each one, too. With a full-colour photo as well to show how the stitches in each family look on fabric, 120 Embroidery Stitches is a great addition to your stitch library.

Easy to follow

Each stitch in 120 Embroidery Stitches is clearly and simply explained. The instructions are step by step, both written and illustrated, and are easy to understand and follow. You’ll be stitching like a pro in no time.

Useful and informative

Embroidery Tips, Tricks & Techniques draws on two decades of stitching experience. It’s a straightforward, clear and helpful book if you want to learn or improve your embroidery. It’s filled with practical advice and tips to help you get started, or start stitching again if it’s been a while, from what size needle to buy to how to easily split six-stranded thread.

Digital or printed

The books come in PDF format. You can save and read them on your computer, tablet or phone, great for embroidering on the go and zooming in on the illustrations and photos. If you prefer paper books, they’re high-quality files that fit on A4 and US-letter sized paper. Easy to print at home or a copy shop. So there are options for all, whatever makes you comfortable.

“As always, Kelly does a terrific job explaining and illustrating the stitches, and the tips and techniques are so helpful even to a seasoned stitcher like me. I always learn something new when I read through one of the books!” – Jane, Alsea, OR, US