Needlepointing is great if you’re looking to dip your toes into sewing and embroidery crafts, and kits make it easy to get started. The best needlepoint kits for beginners come with everything you ...

This slight debut compendium from Maillard brings together hundreds of cross-stitch patterns she collected from old manuals. The majority of the designs are for alphabets, since the patterns are ...

A flock of birds come alive in the skilled hands of Fu Xianghong, a master of Su embroidery known for her flower-and-bird works (GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY) “Only when I take the needle out and touch ...

Bargello, which originated from a style of needlework found on pieces in Italy's medieval Bargello Palace, refers both to a method of embroidery (flat, vertical stitches that form geometric tiers) and ...

Cross-stitching is a pastime that many people find satisfying and beneficial for its calming and imaginative attributes, and the end result can noticeably improve any room’s aesthetic. Nevertheless, ...

Alice Le Duc, of the prominent Hastings family, once wrote to a friend: "We embroidered dragons — a great many dragons and people seemed to like them and also flowers that had never bloomed anywhere, ...

To cross-stitch your dodo, you need to make a small cross of embroidery thread to match every coloured square on the pattern: Choose a square roughly in the middle of the dodo pattern and sew a cross ...