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!

In concept, an everyday sewing machine could make embroidery a snap ... machine would take care of slapping down stitches of colored thread to create designs and filled areas.

Stamped cross stitch kits are a great option for beginners, as they feature a pre-printed design on the fabric. Some highly rated options include the “Stamped Embroidery Kit” by Tobin ...

giant squid-coloured embroidery thread (we used DMC thread and the colours you need are on the pattern, but you can also choose your own colours) cross-stitch fabric (we used Aida 14 count fabric) an ...

and actual design. You can also view embroidery in 3D view mode. Furthermore, you can customize the PES file view using features like zoom, rotate, scale, show stitch marks, show filled outlines ...