On how embroidery gave me a sense of accomplishment I was desperate for at the time.

I could make that: On how my first craft fair nearly broke my love for embroidery - until it didn't.

When I first tried to learn embroidery, I had already been trying to learn cross stitch for years. Cross stitch is simple enough, but the counting and time i...

I have always wanted to frame one of my hoops "upside down," with its messy back showing. And I'm glad I did it with this piece, because it reminds me of my ...

I had been staring at this hoop on my coffee table, unfinished, for weeks. Sometimes you just can't bring yourself to do the thing - however small it is, how...