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The fabric largely determines how you can embroider. In the shop I sell materials for cross stitch and free embroidery. With these two styles you immediately notice the difference in fabric. For cross stitch you use AIDA fabric and for free embroidery there is no prescription for the best fabric to use. I start...

Since I started embroidering, I have made quite a few mistakes. Of course you learn from your mistakes: but what if you can skip them right away? I made a separate video about it. In the blog you can read which mistakes you can easily make as a beginner and how you can best...

Yes, the new embroidery kit is online! :). Get cozy! In this tutorial I show you how I made this embroidery. You order the embroidery kit here. Download the free embroidery pattern here. Materials I used: Blunt needle number 22 Dark blue embroidery fabric: only available in kit. Prym embroidery hoop 22cm : DMC...

A new video is online again! Yes, great fun making these videos! This week you can download the sketch again, but in this blog you will also find reference images that you can use to sketch flowers yourself. Have fun painting. Download the sketch here . Materials I used: Holbein watercolors color: Jaune Brilliant...

Autumn is already in full swing, and that is clearly noticeable when you are walking the dog through a heavy downpour ;). It was quite strange not going to Paper Passion this year and it will be the same for Kreadoe in a moment. Of course it is also a lot of fun to...

There is a new video online, in this video I paint flowers with the Holbein Acryla. For this video I made a special download, which I used as a sketch. Materials I used: Velvet touch brushes size 1&3: Hot pressed Arches A4 Keep-wet palette Holbein Acrylic Download sketch here . Love, Judith [lang2] There...

One of the basic materials for embroidery is a good needle. When you think of a needle, you immediately think of a sharp needle. While a blunt needle often works better and nicer. Surprising isn't it!? In this blog you can read all about embroidery needles and what you should pay attention to when...

In this video I tell you how to use the Promarker. Promarkers are alcohol markers. these are not water-based, but alcohol-based. I'll show you how to use them! With the alcohol markers it is important that you use good paper. This is of course the case with most materials.  Winsor and Newton has developed...

Nice, isn't it, all those examples with embroidery? I can tell you: it is so relaxing to embroider. I really love it. Relax on the couch with the embroidery on your lap, podcast or video on: the recipes for a wonderfully relaxing evening. The memories I had of embroidery is that it is so...

If you want to learn to embroider, you will most likely start with the stitches! In this video I show you how to make the basic stitches. You can see this easiest on the video, but I have also described it for you :). Before you start stitching, you will obviously need to tie...