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.

Transferring your embroidery designs onto fabric: a few of my favorite options for getting a design onto fabric and ready for stitching.

I played around with cross stitch in grad school, but it wasn't until I left my PhD program and took a job working for $7.35/hour that I decided I should rea...

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 ...