Embroidery for quilters! 5 easy stitches to embellish your quilting projects, suitable for beginners

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5 ай бұрын

Do you want to add some decoration to your quilting and patchwork projects but don't know where to start? I show you five easy stitches and variations of them that would be perfect for adding to a quilt as well as the practicalities of doing so, how to go about a design for your quilt embroidery and there is even a free design for you to have a go with!
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@user-yc6wk8yi2m 4 ай бұрын

At 66 years old in learning something new. What a great teacher you are. I'm not one to learn from pictures or a book, I need hands on. And you're just the right person to lead me on this journey. Thank you

@sandramyer7081 18 күн бұрын

I'm enjoyed your demonstrations- and helped to learn after my forgetting stroke- thank you, Sarah H💕

@kayherstedt6618 17 күн бұрын

Love the hexies on the wall!

@judithdaus6083 4 ай бұрын

Weaving one color around the other color is super!

@GSDsforever 5 ай бұрын

My first thought was how wonderful these stitches could be used for enhancing quilt labels you attach to the quilts you make. Secondly, I'd like to use some old quilt blocks (or make new ones) and embroider them and then make some needle cases and book covers. Sarah, you really inspire our creativity! Blessings from Kansas USA

@stuckinstitches 4 ай бұрын

It’s been so long since I have done embroidery. . It’s very relaxing.

@SummaGirl1347 5 ай бұрын

Such helpful tutorials. Please do a video on seam embroidery stitches for crazy quilting. Traditional Victorian seam embroidery motifs would be especially appreciated. There are several excellent books on the subject but, a live demonstration would be very helpful. Thank you!

@carolentringer8836 5 ай бұрын

It is so lovely that you are sharing the joys of embroidery with so many. Thank you for the freebies.

@nancyc9694 2 ай бұрын

I love your videos. I have learned so much! Thank you!

@pamgrover9910 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic job on teaching stitches,love your work,thank you.

@AngelaPegg 2 ай бұрын

Just what I want thank you

@emiliabarbosa8835 5 ай бұрын

What a delight! Thank you, Sarah, I can't wait to play with all these stitch variations 🎉

@patriciaritter771 3 ай бұрын

I love embroidery. Thank you for sharing some new ways to use it with my quilts.

@user-wr8wr8ep6m 5 ай бұрын

Sarah, I am so happy I joined your group on Facebook, with a huge variety of taste in colors, stitches, fabrics. Thank you so much for connecting me to such a nice group of people from all over the world. Starting to recognize some of their names and artistic personality. I am a quilter and I include embroidery when I can. Also love appliques. Have a wonderful day!

@doreensherk287 4 ай бұрын

I just happened upon your video, thank you, I have been looking for embroidery sitiching, you were clear and easily understood. Thank you for sharing.

@lindak7499 5 ай бұрын

Nice video - thank you. Fun story for you Sarah - we have a store in town called Art from Scrap and I shop there on occasion. I like to buy fabric samples, etc and some older stitching magazines. Found one from 2016, called Stitch, and lo and behold on page 12, Flight of the Bumble Bee, designed by Sarah Homfrey with a 4 page spread, lots of up close photos and instructions!!! The bumble bee was beautiful. Hope you enjoy reminiscing about this.

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery 5 ай бұрын

Gosh, I don't even remember that piece!! Was it goldwork?

@lindak7499 5 ай бұрын

The only goldwork I see are the wings. It was stitched on hexagon, green silk it says. Hope that helps @@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery 5 ай бұрын

Oh yes, my little stumpwork bee!

@quiltingforthesoul 3 ай бұрын

Hello my name is Sarah as well. I enjoyed your videos keep up the good work. I’m new to your channel. God bless you and your family have a blessed evening.

@rebeccat5738 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Sarah that was so interesting, and I just loved the little embroidered hexagon design you did, and your idea for photocopying the fabric/panel to draw the embroidery ideas on was just brilliant, in fact I can't wait to try it out....now!!!. Thanks so much for all you teach and inspire x

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery 4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome Rebecca! xx

@eshannon922 2 ай бұрын

I’m a quilter and currently working on a quilt all by hand and have been considering working some embroidery in it.

@karenmacduff8471 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely wonderful Sarah! I’m going to share this with my EGA CQ FB community. Jonathan, love how you scrolled the names along the bottom.

@elizabethsawyer5906 5 ай бұрын

Another great tutorial, thank you💕

@user-lw9rh6dk7w 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for such informative videos. You explain things so clear I now am trying new stitches.

@donnadees1971 4 ай бұрын

Your videos are so welcome. I have a book, but your attentions are so lovely.

@yarnexpress 2 ай бұрын

A quilter here. I nearly always add embroidery to my quilts. I've made a medallion quilt with a large bouquet of flowers. Used tons of embroidery: bullion knots for a flower center, stem stitch to add veins & details, finished it off with a spider's web in silvery thread. Knowing ahead of time is important. I decided to add lettering after the quilt was in the frame. I couched the lettering taking care not to penetrate through the backing. I love applique & I've rescued more than one block with a bit of stem stitch around a motif that wasn't distinct enough. Tip for an applique block. Make sure the background fabric has at least 2" margin on all sides. Then mount the block in a frame, as you would any embroidery. When finished wash, block, then trim to size. No problems with future washings. Quilts should always be washable.

@nanettelangton2849 Ай бұрын

Would love to see a photo of your work

@nanettelangton2849 3 ай бұрын

Yes would love that

@andie.a 5 ай бұрын

So excited to try these on the EPP quilt I'm working on. ❤

@fiberjazz 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, Sarah! I especially appreciate your discussion of design considerations. I really like the way the tall, straight flower stems echo the lines of your striped fabric and that the rigidness of all the straight lines is softened by the curved, more organic feel of the appliquéd flower bed. It strikes me as a really strong yet well-balanced statement & is quite pleasing to my senses. (Edited to fix typo! 😯)

@marilyndatema8755 3 ай бұрын

Just found your video, and so enjoy it!! I have a start on "Grandmother's Flower Garden" using fabric circles shaped into a hexagon shape, and have gotten overwhelmed by it. So am thinking adding some of your embroidery ideas to the small start that I have done. It wil probably become a small table runner instead of a quilt!!! Thank you for sharing your talents and ideas with your followers!! Blessings.!!!

@lindacrawford5029 5 ай бұрын

Great explanation!

@joydarnell1085 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Love your instruction. Fantastic teacher!

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Joy x

@marijkeschellenbach2680 5 ай бұрын

Very timely video as I am completing a hand quilted quilt and am deciding how to finish the border. Thanks Sarah! So happy to have found you!

@brendahild545 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your beautiful embroidery stitches. I’m excited to start again after a very long time out of practice.

@lynnruby8369 3 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this viedo

@jacquielawrence5670 5 ай бұрын

I'm currently embroidering my grand mother's garden quilt. Phew, taking ages 😅 and which numpty decided circles, around each flower, would be a good idea !!!

@lauraperino7942 5 ай бұрын

Your embroidery designs are great, but so is your English paper piecing. You are very good, thank you for your teachings😊😊😊

@GanganDi 5 ай бұрын

I’m learning to embroider using your videos and a sample block runner I had in my quilt tops stash.

@judymarkel8029 5 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable. Thank you. I love your free patterns

@KarenLulay-vc8kb 5 ай бұрын

Sara,you do the most beautiful work. I love your projects. You make everything look so easy......you are a pro.

@welthasmith866 5 ай бұрын

beautiful work and and needed for a refresher. Thank you for the free patterns.

@loisbailey7393 5 ай бұрын

What an amazing video and information about hand stitching. Thank you so much. You are a treasure.

@helen3756 5 ай бұрын

Hi Sarah thanks for sharing this, I'm going to hand stitch a quilt, sometime soon, I'm gathering in fabric and planning in my head what I have to do as I've not made one before - eek, I'm alittle bit nervous but also excited and I love the idea of adding embroidery detail. Wish me luck 😊 Helen (patron member)

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery 3 ай бұрын

Good luck! There are loads of videos on making quilts on KZfaq, so a bit of research before you start!

@nfender3436 4 ай бұрын

I love this ! Thank you ❤

@131dyana 4 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@bluestar.8938 5 ай бұрын

Great instruction. Thank you : )

@dannsherstone1037 5 ай бұрын

Sarah can you do a video on stitches that look decorative front and back? I make quilted needle books that are entirely handstitched using nothing but embroidery stitches. I concentrate on using stitches that I can use on both sides of the quilted pages. For example, I use a stitch that creates a ladder type stitch on the reverse side that I then use as a base for the knotted pearl stitch or the pin wheel created at the back of the lazy daisy flower you create here can be used to make a raised cross flower on the reverse page. I am planning a full sized embroidered quilt using this method; working in quilted squares that I will then hand stitch together with embroidery.

@deetorres424 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much that is fantastic. I love the way you teach. It is very understandable. Thank you.❤❤❤

@sandysimonspaetti6369 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this lovely and very encouraging video! I’m excited to incorporate some embroidery on a quilt now! 21:02

@hattiedraper1061 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful and inspirational presentation. Thank you.

@poodlegirl55 4 ай бұрын

I see that I was pulling too tight with the Lazy Daisy. Thanks Sarah.

@dawnrogers5324 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing with us. Beautiful work.

@jokebos4845 5 ай бұрын

Sarah, Thank you for sharing this with us👍🥰🥰 Groetjes Joke 🙋🏻‍♀️

@pilarcortes671 5 ай бұрын

As usual very helpful, thanks dear Sarah, hugs

@ChoochooseU 5 ай бұрын

This popped up as I was sorting floss for a kit that literally just came in the mail today, an EBay find, an Erica Wilson Peter Rabbit 🐇 baby quilt to embroider. It’s a combination of basic stitches (Satin, stem, long and short, back, French knots etc..)with cotton coloured floss on a stamped white baby quilt. It’s prequilted in a basic ovalish pattern. I considered possibly applying another backing once I’m done and quilting over again in the same spots from top but it’s really more of an art piece for a baby room. If anyone has any recommendations for these kits please let me know. I guess technically I could also seam rip the quilting and separate the top… I also saw where people who like to do the cross stitch type, use in hand stitching to guide the needle through to only the Center. But I wouldn’t attempt that since this is many types of embroidery stitches.

@delmaquezada6733 3 ай бұрын

Good video, I'm glad I came across it. Thank you ❤

@tashafreeman4265 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for drawing the lines you wanted to follow. For some reason my brain tells me that it is cheating to draw a line and follow it, but if you do it then so can I 😊

@maryt2887 5 ай бұрын

Marvelous ideas! Thank you!

@jorie0129 5 ай бұрын

Amazing❤

@rosescobey7562 5 ай бұрын

your so helpfull

@deboramoyer119 5 ай бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you!

@hilarycare1433 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic way of making the stitches look so easy thank you ….Hulary

@fairylady5 5 ай бұрын

Hi Sarah, I just pieced a bird out of s mall pieces of fabric. Can I outline the bird with the outline stitch? It’s a blue jay!

@junimondin 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this ❤

@radhikanbabu3128 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful 😊

@deniseacebo9679 5 ай бұрын

This is great! What type of needle and thread are you using?

@elizabethstump4077 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@purplepoppy1965 5 ай бұрын

Can I ask please, what fabric are you stitching into?

@janehargreaves3867 5 ай бұрын

Hi loved your video very helpful I am making a quilt as you go quilt where I make individual blocks and have been wondering how to do some design by hand just not sure on what needle or thread to use.🎉

@dianehutchens 4 ай бұрын

Could you or have you demonstrated your frame? Quite ingenious.

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery 4 ай бұрын

Hi Diane, I use the Versatile Table Clamp plus stretcher bar frames. There’s a video of it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9KTobqIzt7Remw.html And the bar frames: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7NijNF1ut6Ze4U.html And they're in my online shop here: www.sarahhomfray.com/myshop/prod_4538062-Versatile-table-clamp.html And frames: www.sarahhomfray.com/myshop/cat_264747-Embroidery-Equipment.html (Scroll down) I use 2 of them for filming (to keep work steady under the camera) but ordinarily I use just 1.

@MrsWmson 5 ай бұрын

How did you know this is exactly what I’m doing this week?? :)

@klloyd8394 2 ай бұрын

👍

@catherineskis 5 ай бұрын

Dear Ms. Homfray, Do you know which embroidery stitches were actually medieval, you know, instead of modern. Can you please show them. Sincerely, Ms. Flynn

@andreagaisser4981 2 ай бұрын

What is that wonderful frame device called that holds your fabric in place as you embroider, the one that looks like it is clamped to your table?

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery 2 ай бұрын

I am using 2 Versatile Table Clamps. I have a video about them here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9KTobqIzt7Remw.html and I sell them on my website here www.sarahhomfray.com/myshop/prod_4538062-Versatile-table-clamp.html I use 2 clamps for filming to ensure the embroidery doesn't wobble too much under the camera but ordinarily just 1 is good enough. If you're interested in buying one please check the item description and your table to ensure the clamp will fit properly.

@andreagaisser4981 2 ай бұрын

@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery Thank you

@lindav873 3 ай бұрын

Like your embroidary frame. Where would one find this frame? Thank you

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery 3 ай бұрын

www.sarahhomfray.com/myshop/prod_4538062-Versatile-table-clamp.html

@janeb9699 5 ай бұрын

Love this video, as I am currently making a hexagon quilt 😊 BUT I have a question ❓❓❓🧐 do you embroider the hexies while the paper is still inside or after it is removed???? Love your videos, thanks for all the creative ideas! ❤

@melodypeterson1176 5 ай бұрын

Please remove the papers prior to embroidering!