One trick to the overall composition is knowing where to start. O’Neill lays out her blank, circular canvas like a clock or a ...

Although there is a huge variety of different stitches, most embroidery designs use a small number of basic ones. It’s not about how many stitches you know, it’s about what you do with them!

(Do not put the needle in the exact same hole ... remove your template by running a warm hairdryer over the top of your embroidery. Invest in good quality embroidery floss –DMC and Anchor ...

Since January 2020, Sophie O’Neill has been keeping an embroidery journal. Each day, she sews an “icon” to represent that day ...