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Quick Tips

• Press creased fabric carefully with a warm iron before embroidering on it.
• For counted thread embroidery, work each stitch with a stabbing method rather than taking the needle down and up in the same action.
• Use a wooden or card frame to keep your fabric taut whilst working.
• If your thread becomes twisted, hold the work upside down and let the needle drop so that the thread untwists.  Your stitches will be neater.
• Use short lengths of thread in your needle, about 7”(178mm) on fine fabrics and 9” (229mm) on canvas.
• Work with a good light and sufficient magnification to enable you to see your embroidery clearly.

For more quick tips and a complete guide to miniature embroidery click here to see my book “Miniature Embroidery – A Foundation Course”.