Embroidery floss projects

Variegated embroidery floss is so much fun to work with, and there’s so much variety out there these days! Variegated embroidery floss is dyed with a repeating pattern of colors through the floss. There can be just one color with a few different shades, or there may be several colors. Variegated floss can add a lot of texture, variety and a POP! of color to your projects.

Do you have a loom? Have you tried weaving? If you've been wanting to jump on this fiber trend but feel like buying a loom is a bit daunting, did you know it's super easy to make a DIY loom... and that DIY looms actually work great?! Here's how to make a sweet little mini DIY loom (that actually works) in less than five minutes! All you need is a scrap of cardboard (the flap of a box works great) and you're good to go. First, cut your cardboard to size. We used a piece about 4" x 6". You can…

Cross stitch patterns with snark and sass on Instagram

What are embroidery thread bits called? Do they have a special name? What do you do with them? Do you try to save them for another project? Throw them away? After I had been embroidering for a few years, I started hearing the term orts. I wasn't really sure what it was being referred to or if I was missing something in translation. Turns out orts are thread bits!

In this post, I share a few ideas for what you might choose to do with your ORTs.

Ideas for how to organize embroidery floss and a video on how DMC floss is made.

Learn how to end embroidery floss without using a knot. This technique is used for both cross stitch and needlework.

Create simple embroidered tree holiday cards and gift tags using embroidery floss and cardstock. Six free Christmas tree embroidery patterns.

As you probably already know, embroidery floss is one strand made up of six smaller strands. You separate the strands based on the thickness of the lines that you want …