Practical Embroidery online school

Hand Embroidery

Explained in a simple and practical way.

Practical Embroidery blog and school is a comprehensive blog and free online school dedicated to the art of hand embroidery. It provides a wealth of resources, including detailed tutorials on various stitches, mending, free online courses, free PDF patterns and guides for all skill levels, recommended tools, unique designs, valuable resources and more.

Practical Embroidery was born from my passion for hand embroidery and represents a personal project resulting from my dedication and experience. I created this website to share useful information, resources, and tutorials to help all enthusiasts discover and refine their hand embroidery skill.

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Hand embroidery and its practical application

Practical Embroidery exists to teach hand embroidery techniques and application. Embroidery skills empower us to take care of our clothes, homes, and emotional health with simple stitches.

This web page offers a range of online courses, workshops, downloadable patternsvideo lessons, and embroidery kits.

EMBROIDERY RESOURCES

Stitch library, Video lessons and tutorials

Practical Embroidery Blog and online school is dedicated to sharing information about hand embroidery stitches and techniques. Take a look at the stitch library A-Z, hand embroidery stitches by technique and a library of embroidery video lessons.

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embroidery techniques and stitches

Embroidery patterns

embroidery inspiration

embroidery projects

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Embroidery for mending

embroidery tools and materials

Nice words about Practical Embroidery

You are a great teacher!

 I could not figure out how to do this stitch. I watched a bunch of videos and looked at my books and nothing clicked, until I watched your video and followed your instructions.
Karen
on YouTube

Thank you!

Hands down the best video that clearly show and explain this stitch.
Zharina
on YouTube

This was PERFECT

I’m just starting the Sashiko project, and just finished the embroidery project with DSM threads. I won’t make the mistake to use the wrong threads now!!
Supporter
on Buy me a Coffee

Wonderful!

Finally, a demo I can understand… thanks so much!
Dee
on YouTube

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