Avoiding Hand and Wrist Injuries While Embroidering

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

One of the only dangers to sewing and embroidery work is something called repetitive stress injury (RSI). Repetitive stress injury is believed to be caused by someone performing the same tasks over and over. This repetition causes strain on the muscles and tendons of the area where the tasks are completed by the body. This [...]

Beginning Cross Stitch Embroidery Tips

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Cross stitch is one of the most popular forms of embroidery today. Cross stitch is embroidery which is stitched using small X stitches to form a design. Generally cross stitch is done on weaved fabric which has small, even holes, for your needle and thread to go through. This weaved cloth is called Aida cloth. [...]