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.

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 ...