Unleash your inner Betsy Ross with these smarter sewing and embroidery machines, even if you can’t tell a bobbin from a backstitch.

The haphazard stitching usually concealed on the back of embroidered rugs is integrated into the decorative surfaces of this collection created by London studio Raw Edges for Spanish brand GAN.

Cozy Stitches: 12 Calm and Creative Embroidery Projects for Absolute Beginners and Beyond Celeste Johnston. Better Day, $22.99 (168p) ISBN 978-0-7643-6858-5 ...

Nescatunga Arts and Humanities Council is sponsoring a workshop to teach basic embroidery skills 6-8 p.m. Nov. 1, 2024, at the downtown Runnymede Hotel during the First Friday Art Walk.

Bead embroidery can be made with chain stitch, backstitch, cross stitch or any other stitch desired—they are all fundamental embroidery techniques that originated in ancient China.

Bead embroidery can be made with chain stitch, backstitch, cross stitch or any other stitch desired—they are all fundamental embroidery techniques that originated in ancient China.