I have been doing quilting and applique for years but I have never hand embroiderd before. The new pattern that I have decided to do has a mixture of patchwork and hand embroidery. I am wondering if anyone can suggest a good basic hand embroidery book with illustrations that you could reccommend.Thanks Jackie.

Any of the books on crazy quilting has a selection of hand embroidery stitches. You can also google and find all kinds of free information, tuts, stitches, etc.

There are also wonderful youtube tutorial videos showing different embroidery stitches :D:D:D

Check at the public library there are a lot of good embroidery books out there. YouTube is also probably a good bet as you can watch the video as much as you need to.

Google "hand embroidery" and you'll find lots of resources. Here's a link to a great site with lots of good information.

http://www.needlenthread.com/tips-techniques

Hi Aussie.

Check out these websites -

http://www.needlework-tips-and-techn...-stitches.html

http://www.prettyimpressivestuff.com/stitches/

http://www.needlenthread.com/2006/06...-stitches.html


The Embroiderer's Handbook - The Ultimate Guide to Thread Embroidery - great book, covers everything.

Thanks everyone for all your help and also Lindyline who PM me. I am sure I should be able to find help with all these suggestions.