Drawn thread embroidery tutorial

Recreating the past

Learn to make drawn thread work by hand! Drawn thread work is a beautiful whitework embroidery which is popular since the Middle Ages!

In January of 2009, I began playing with a whitework and drawn thread embroidery sampler. It is still a work in progress! I had to put it aside last year to work on some other embroidery projects that had deadlines, and I’ve never gotten back to it. I like the idea of the sampler and ...

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Easy to Make Drawn Thread Embroidery Design: A Step-by-Step Tutorial, Happy Stitching ♥!

Here’s a really simple drawn thread embroidery treatment that you can work with coral knots. Once you’ve bunched up threads this way, there are further possibilities of embellishment, too, so this is just a basic treatment which can be further expanded with other embellishment. The coral knot stitch in drawn thread embroidery is often used ...

Today, I’d like to show you how to make zig-zag bundles in your drawn thread work. It helps to understand basic hemstitch before moving on to zig-zags, so you might want to check out that tutorial if you’re just getting started with drawn thread embroidery. When you work zig-zags in drawn thread, you’re hemstitching the ...

Today I am practicing a basic heirloom technique known as “Drawn” or “Pulled” thread work embroidery. This type of embroidery is achieved by gently pulling out individual thread along the grain line to create a small gap in the fabric. A combination of hand stitches is then used to create simple to elaborate designs within...

Last week, I showed you how to re-weave the threads withdrawn from the fabric in order to produce a “clean” edge for drawn thread embroidery techniques. Here’s a little easier way to finish the edge of a drawn thread area. This is perhaps the most commonly used technique for making an edge around a drawn ...

Whitework embroidery includes many different techniques - reticella, richelieu, cutwork, broderie anglaise, schwalm, hedebo, needlelace and hardanger