To begin with, it is always nice that we start with the history of things. When did embroidery begin cannot be really told though we can only assume that it has been around ever since man began to cloth himself. Every culture had developed the art of needlework, from egyptians, to the moors, to the indians, to the chinese. There had also been exchange of the art of embroidery between cultures and countries over the ages and each one took them to mix it with their tastes and brought forth an enhanced version.
I thought it will be good if I can post a stitch every 3-4 days. The lessons will be illustrative. So, in cases where the words don’t help, just refer to the pictures to follow the logics and methods of a stitch. You can click on each image to see an enlarged and clearer version. 
The stitches will be shown on the side bar over the right hand side. I will start with the most basic stiches and move to more complex ones. So, for beginners, they can follow the order of stitches starting from the top.
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To do basic embroidery, you would require the following things:
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| hand embroidery sample : couching method |
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sarammae, i am excited to see all your hard work on the hand embroidery coming up
great work! they are well done, in a simple, illustrative way!
chetta,