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Embroidery Design Companies I Enjoy

Sometimes it’s hard to find really neat embroidery kits nearby. Here are websites for some companies that caught my eye. I haven’t ordered from all of them (yet!), but they look fun. You can see results from the kits I have ordered on my blog. I frequently alter colors or stitches, so don’t expect it to look exactly like mine. I tried to list the independent designer’s home website, but these kits are also often available through other needlework stores if you check with either the designer or Google.

• Talliaferro (US)
  • beautiful crewel embroidery
• Rowandean (UK)
  • freestyle embroidery with all kinds of neat materials
• Custom House (US)
  • crewel, including lots of birds
• Woodland Threads (Canada)
  • cute embroidered mice
• Golden Hinde (UK)
  • goldwork
• Nordic Needle (US)
  • lots of hardanger – lots of other stuff too, but especially hardanger.
• Pinn Stitch (Thailand)
  • Thai cross-stitch designs, plus some cute dancers to embroider
• Rajmahal (Australia)
  • goldwork, silverwork, fancy embroidery
• The Victoria Sampler (Canada)
  • hardanger, specialty stitches, silk ribbon, drawn thread
• Midori Matsushima (UK)
  • Japanese embroidery kits
• Tanja Berlin (Canada)
  • original designs in crewel, needlepainting, whitework, goldwork, etc etc etc. She seems to do everything.
• Roseworks (South Africa)
  • crewel and freestyle
• X-Calibre Designs (UK)
  • blackwork – people, animals, symbols, flowers, fantasy
• Trish Burr (South Africa)
  • needlepainting
• Mary Jane Collection (UK)
  • crewel, goldwork, some silk ribbon and stumpwork.
• Derwentwater Designs (UK)
  • colored blackwork landscapes, animals, towns, a couple freestyle designs. I couldn’t find the company home page, but Google finds them at a lot of needlework shops online.
• Jenny Adin Christie (UK)
  • fine whitework, stumpwork, some metallic threads
• Hazel Blomkamp (South Africa)
  • beautiful crewel
• Cindy Cooper (Australia)
  • beautiful crewel
• Usha Shrikant (India)
  • Absolutely stupendously incredibly amazing Indian embroidery books
• Thistle Threads (US)
  • very fancy historical embroidery. Upcoming (pricey but amazing) class in designing your own embroidered mini-cabinet.
• Elite Silk Arts (US)
  • Xiang silk embroidery from China, kits and DVDS
• Margaret Lee Embroidery (Australia)
  • Su silk embroidery from China, kits
• Inspirations Magazine (Australia)
  • magazine of gorgeous embroidery and projects in many different styles
• JDR Brazilian Elegance (US)
  • Brazilian embroidery
• Helen M Stevens (UK)
  • silk embroidery
• Vetty Creations (Australia)
  • whitework (many kinds)
• Ladybug Creations (US)
  • stumpwork
• Vine Embroidery (UK)
  • crewel, silk shading, goldwork, stumpwork
• Ornamental Embroidery (UK)
  • crewel, blackwork, silk and gold, raised work
• Ajisai Press
  • blackwork