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November 6, 2021

Abstract Landscape Embroidery Is a Love Letter to the Natural Beauty of Colorado

Landscapes comprise myriad colors and textures, and art helps to showcase their innate beauty. Artist Anna Hultin, aka Olander Co Embroidery, captures the diversity of the Colorado environment through her abstract embroideries. She renders grassy fields, vibrant blooms, and tiny animals using a variety of stitches and threads.

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October 18, 2021

Embroidery Artist Uses Dried Leaves as an Unconventional Canvas for Exquisite Bird Portraits

Spanish artist Laura Dalla Vecchia knows that you don't need precious materials to make amazing works of art.

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October 5, 2021

How to Customize Your Favorite Cap by Decorating It With Embroidery

Baseball caps will always be in style.

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September 24, 2021

25+ Free Cross-Stitch Patterns That You Can Start Sewing Right Now

Cross-stitch is a fun and relaxing craft. But like all types of embroidery, you have to practice in order to get better. The only way to do that is to sew! Patterns are the easiest way to do this, as someone has already figured out where the color and stitches are going to go.

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September 23, 2021

Learn How to Cross-Stitch and Create Your Own Embroidered Pixel Designs

Think of embroidery as a big umbrella.

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September 21, 2021

Brilliant Embroideries Capture the Expansive Beauty of the Aurora Borealis in Small Hoops

Artists have long been inspired by the aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights.

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September 20, 2021

Embroidery Artist Immortalizes Ultrasound Photos by Perfectly Recreating Them With Thread

An ultrasound photo is one of the first keepsakes that someone has after finding out they're pregnant. Many people might choose to frame these photos, but for some craft-loving folks, they commemorate this special picture with embroidery. Embroidery artist Yulia Sherbak, aka Moss and Feather, creates small hoop art featuring ultrasound photos meticulously stitched on black fabric. The resulting custom pieces are a special keepsake to remember this extraordinary time.

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September 16, 2021

Artist Embroiders Beautiful Dried Flower Arrangements Directly Onto Tulle

Receiving a fresh floral bouquet is nice, but sometimes you want something a bit more unique and long-lasting.

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August 16, 2021

Get Looped Into Stitching When You Learn About the Embroidery Hoop

No matter what kind of embroidery you’re stitching, chances are that you are doing it in an embroidery hoop.

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August 10, 2021

Amazing Embroidery of a Bird Capturing a Fish Is So Detailed It Looks Like a Photo

At first glance, this dramatic scene of a kingfisher bird diving into the water could be mistaken for a photograph. But, look again. It's all created using thread. The incredible image is the work of the embroiderers at XQ Vietnam, a group of stitchers who create amazingly realistic works with just a needle and floss.

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