Learn Embroidery Stitch by Stitch

When I was a tiny child, my mother and my grandmother taught me how to embroider. The highlight of my week was when I would get to go to the dimestore and pick up my design to embroider for the week. Embroidery is still the core of my textile art. The images that you see were not created from an embroidery kit, but bunches of years of practice preceded my being able to “wing” it with my stitchery.

Frida’s Garden and Night Garden
Jacki Kellum Embroidery

Detail Night Garden

Chanticleer the Rooster
Jacki Kellum Embroidery

I primarily used the Outline Stitch and the Chain Stitch to Create Chanticleer.

Honestly, I approach each piece of embroidery differently. I would never do the same piece the same way twice. But just as in any art form, a textile artist must have a full array of stitches under her bonnet before she begins.

I have taught hand-sewing for years, and only today, I found the perfect teaching resources to help teach embroidery stitches. I wish I had these kits years ago.