Hand embroidery is enjoying a resurgence, and why not: it's portable, easy, and cheap. Learn to select fabric, trace your design, and place fabric in a hoop.

You only need a few tools to get started in hand embroidery. You're going to need a needle, scissors and thread, and a few accessories for your first project!

Before you start stitching, you'll need to know how to secure hand embroidery stitches. Learn how to start and finish your stitches with key sewing techniques.

When you are creating lovely hand embroidered designs, it would be a shame to ignore the borders. Discover three stitches for just this type of work!

Discover two simple filler stitches that are most often used to fill in unstitched areas and add interest to hand embroidery: the seed stitch and cross stitch.

Sometimes you want to add extra pizzazz to your hand embroidery, but where to start? Discover how to use decorative stitches to embellish your projects!

It's time to apply your new hand embroidery skills by sewing a custom, beginner-level Chatterbox Quilts design: the Flourishing Heart!

In this fourth lesson of the 5-part baby quilt series, discover a surprisingly easy way to mark and sew the quilting lines so they will be nice and straight.

In this final step of the series on making a baby quilt, learn how to add binding for a sturdy finish. After this, the quilt is ready for its new owner!

In the second of this 5-part series about making a baby quilt, gain confidence in your quilting skills, and learn how to add borders to your quilt top.