Image Credit: Charles and Elin

My friends and I are planning a 60s Party, and we want to embroider our jeans, I discovered the following jeans embroidery project that uses only one stitch: The Lazy Daisy Stitch–and/or a variation thereof:

Here’s Another Project Using More Stitches:

Garden with the Blues
Jacki Kellum Embroidery

Among other types of art, I am a textile artist. My grandmother began teaching me embroidery when I was about 5, which was about 70 years ago, and over the years, I have learned several embroidery stitches.

Night Garden
Jacki Kellum Embroidery

Night Garden Detail
Jacki Kellum Embroidery

Because I know several embroidery stitches, I can choose whichever of them best suits the project I have undertaken.  My advice is to fill your sewing arsenal with knowledge of as many embroidery stitches as possible.

I advise beginning learning embroidery with a kit like the following that I found on Amazon:

Sutesloly 4 Sets Beginner Embroidery Kit

I like the above set because 3 projects teach the stitches:

And a final project employs the stitches in a finished, frameable design:

Learn Embroidery Stitch by Stitch