Ready for some…

Rainbow Embroidery Kit Designs

because we have a few options if you love RAINBOWS!!! And frankly, we just love rainbows over here at Harvest Goods Co. We have several kits we’ll be highlighting in the this post!

1) The Blooming Rainbow Embroidery KIt

The first Rainbow kit we’ll be focusing on is Blooming Rainbow Kit. This kit is a celebration of biodynamic wine farming, a collaboration design with Gina of Lady of the Sunshine Wines. Did you know Harvest Goods Co designs art for wine labels?! We do!

And we just love Gina Giugni, the founder of Lady of the Sunshine Wine since 2017. Her wines are light, airy, and so delicious. It’s been a fun match made in heaven to create specific labels for her Central California wines. After she gets first dibs on these designs, we then create a specific kit to make available to our customers. In fact, we have another one happening this year, aiming for this summer!

The Blooming Rainbow kit pairs wonderfully with its parent label: the 2020 Rose! That’s right, grab a wine and get a kit & delight in them at the same time! This kit a wonderful beginner kit for sure! Simple and approachable but lovely for any home.

Photo Credit: Lady of The Sunshine Wines

Next up, Kit #2 is..

2) Rainbow Mountains Embroidery Kit

This kit is also a collaboration with Lady of the Sunshine Wines. This pairs with the 2020 Gamay wine as it shows off this mountainous label. This kit is super simple lines inside my favorite oval hoop. There is such beauty in its simplicity.

Just below the Rainbow Mountains is a tiny line of flowers blooming. It’s petite and darling. A wonderful beginner kit, for sure! If you’re just starting out, I’d definitely recommend this embroidery kit. Simple and approachable but lovely for any home. And still so colorful!

Kit #3, okay so technically this isn’t a rainbow but this one still falls within the rainbow theme. The theme of hope and promise!

3) The Sunshine Embroidery Kit

This multi-dimensional kit is a sun shining brightly from behind the clouds. The puffy clouds are moving away and the sunshine is bringing that light and warmth. Like the sun coming back out after a storm. See why I’m including this one in the Rainbow Kit designs?! It’s just as cheerful and happy as our other two kits.

The sun will come out tomorrow as the good ol’ Annie song goes and here’s a beautiful reminder of that! I dare you not to smile. ;)

These three embroidery designs bring cheerfulness, joy, and warmth. This is our aim here at Harvest Goods Co and we hope to bring more designs that do that same. These designs are great for the winter blues, the anticipation of spring or the warmth of summer. They could be meditation or therapy after grief, depression, or loss.

We create goods that help you slow down and dwell on what is good and lovely.

We are filling the shop up with ALL KINDS of goodies this month!!

Fabric Swatch Bundles

are now in the shop, under Embroidery Accessories! These are perfectly cut already for hoop projects and embroidery patterns!!

Each bundles has 9 swatches of various sizes to find embroidery hoops of several sizes. Each offers its own lovely texture and color! This pack is great if you have no clue where to start or don’t want to commit much to one color. Each piece is at least 5in.x5in. but go to up 8in.x8in. each pack varies slightly in size but all 9 colors are available in each.

At Harvest Goods Co we invest in large quantities of fabric- typically sold in rolls to us- since we send so many kits out and need so many for creating new designs throughout the year. We’ve wanted to create mini bundles like this for awhile since it allows for so much versatility for you guys! It’s a great cross-section of potential fabric you can invest in on your own as you build your own supply!

These bundles pair perfectly with our Hoop Starter Kits.

If you want to build your own supply storage of hoops and fabric! Then all you really need (if you already have snips, a pen, and a needle), is a PDF pattern! We have several in our shop and by using your own fabric, you can have a background to your liking!

Each bundle offers high quality fabric- linen and cotton styles. Some of my beloved favorites from Terra Textilia company are included!! Her high quality linen is my favorite to use for our embroider kits and packs.

These bundles are a limited run and when they sell out, they’re gone! Grab one or a few before they’re all gone! In all truthfulness, I also planned to blog about our Spring Fat Quarter bundles that we also put in the shop, but they’ve already sold out twice in just two days! We actually only have a few more fabric swatch bundles left as of writing this, but make sure to check the shop to see if we have any left! Before they’re gone!!

Make sure to share any projects you complete using these fabric swatches! I always love seeing everyone’s work and ideas!! These would be especially great for our monthly Tutorial Tuesdays if you haven’t already purchased the supply kits for each month! You could use these swatches to practice, practice, practice your stitches!

February’s Tutorial Tuesday Final Project is ready!!

Pink Flowers With Only 3 Different Stitches!

Those stitches all of our stitches from this month: Chain, Seed and Fishbone stitches! Hooray! This is our second full project completed for 2022. I’m just so excited to see how this little commitment to provide resources each week and a final project each month will turn out at the end of twelve months!

Thank you to everyone who’s shared their work along with the Tutorial Tuesday and who have participated in learning a new stitch or perfecting the ones they already knew! As the year processes, we will continue to get harder, more complex stitches going. We are going to learn A TON together!

We are moving on to our next project and this month will have FIVE new stitches to cover! So now that we wrapped up this adorable pink flower design, we’re ready for the next one!

Embroidery Pattern PDFs & Weekly Video Tutorials

Okay, so we’ve now completed two whole entire months of weekly video tutorials and two mini projects completed using all of these stitches that we’re individually focusing on. I sure hope you’re all loving these weekly opportunities for learning and developing our embroidery skills! Are you having FUN yet?!

For March, we’ll be covering 4 new stitch techniques then have our final project that last week in the month. We’re also getting a bit more technical this month as we’ve had a few months to warm up! ;)

Remember each month, we offer the FREE download pdfs patterns for both the mini project and stitch techniques. And offer a pre-packed kit with all the supplies you need to follow along, It’s an easy add-on if you want to take all of the hardworking, time-consuming aspect of gathering supplies for the month’s worth of activities.

Can’t wait to see you there, starting next week!! Make sure to tag me when you post all of your beautiful creations on social media channels!!

Wildflower Embroidery Kit Design

Most of my embroidery kit designs are inspired by my life. This bundle of earthly colors and textures has long been a favorite of mine.

This wildflower kit design was inspired by my daughter. She loves to collect flowers. She always puts together the most delightful bundle of wildflowers she picks. We put some water into mason jars and place her wildflowers in the jar. The make-shift vase holds a predominate place on our kitchen table often. She loves looking at them, pointing out the different flowers, and smelling their fresh fragrance. It is the cutest thing.

Tiny Bow Posy embroidery grew out of these sweet moments and I love how the design turned out. It’s been a staple kit in our shop ever since. This bouquet of wildflowers has goldenrod, and daisies.

If you are feeling intimidated by embroidery, a kit a lovely place to start, with all the materials and info down to what colors and stitches to use, loads of photos, and step-by-step instruction, you’ll be stitching like a pro in no time!

Remember we’re having our HUGE kit sale this whole, entire month!! There is only less than a week left of enjoying these beautiful kits at HALF OFF. The Tiny Bow Posy is a great one to start with and a great gift for your flower loving friend.

Welcome to February’s Tutorial Tuesdays!! We’re ready for more stitches to improve and a new mini project that brings them all together!

This week is the Chain Stitch

It’s an easy one to do, but looks complicated with its interlocking appearance.

This week we’re working the chain stitch. Here I am using 3 strands of floss.

Start by pulling your floss all the way through the fabric until the knot catches, then run your needle through the same spot and pull the floss through. This creates the loop!

Before pulling your floss all the way through, bring the needle through the loop, about one stitch lengths away from the beginning of your loop. Then pull the floss through, and that is the beginning of your next loop. Repeat this over and over! Experiment with different stitch length as you fill in the line.

As you practice the other shapes, keep your stitches short and tight around the curves. The tighter the curve, the smaller your stitches should be.

You did it! Join us next week for another fun stitch!

Don’t forget to grab your February free download for Tutorial Tuesdays and our $12 supply kit for this month’s tutorials!!

DIY Embroidery Kits

Options for Getting Creative This Year!

It’s the bread and butter of our small business and we love providing lots of different floral and botanical design options. Here are some options to getting DIY embroidery kits delivered right to your doorstep!

Individual DIY Embroidery Kits

We have full embroidery kit options. These kits provide floss, an embroidery hoop, the PDF pattern with lots of instructions & tips on how to complete your embroidery hoop art, a fabric square, and an embroidery needle. We also sell snips and a heat erase pen as add-ons if needed. Those are in the embroidery accessory section of the shop.

Basically, we try to take out all the guess work, time it takes to collect all of your supplies, and simply make it easy on you to create beautiful things! It’s the heart behind Harvest Goods Co. Making embroidery and creating accessible to everyone, and at all different creative skill levels. And to have timeless designs that you’ll love forever.

DIY Embroidery Kit Subscription

Want to level up?? We also have a monthly kit subscription that is mailed to you the first of every month! These range in skill levels and a new design is delivered every single month. A bonus to this option is not only do you receive everything in your kit, as mentioned above, but also a VIDEO TUTORIAL that literally walks you through visually of every aspect of the design and embroidery stitches needed to complete the design. This is great if you’re new to a stitch concept, or want to accountability to have someone “stitch along” with you as you complete the kit.

In addition to one-of-a-kind designs, subscribers also get access to these new kits earlier and at a discount than if you just purchased directly from the shop. Monthly savings, early access and other perks make these subscription boxes. These will be great for creatives wanting to have a little project each month, potential gifts, something for the kids to do…there’s lots these could be used for!

Tutorial Tuesdays DIY Embroidery Kits

Each month, we release a new Tutorial Tuesday DIY Embroidery Kit with materials for that particular month. The kit includes all the supplies and access to a FREE downloadable PDF with patterns and information. Each week of that month, we’ll focus on a new stitch to learn or level up the skill level of said stitch. We’ve covered a lot of ground already this year for January, and February. As the year goes on, things will get more complex and technical!

And the end of each month, we’ll create a mini embroidery art piece that uses just those stitches covered that month. The best part about these Tutorial Tuesdays is each Tuesday I’ll release a video tutorial with the stitch and information on how i do them plus expert tips for harder concepts.

You can go at your own pace, re-watch the videos, ask questions, and have someone to stitch along with you! Only we can both be in sweats, in front of the fire, snuggling with a cat or dog on our laps while creating something beautiful! I hope you’ll join us!

So, there you have it! Three different ways to get your DIY Embroidery Kits fix for this year from Harvest Goods Co. We hope to see you in our shop, using our monthly kits or joining us for the Tutorial Tuesdays!! And don’t forget to share what you’re making with us on Instagram!!

Embroidery Kit Mountains

This month we’re running our BIGGEST SALE EVER and I thought it would be fun to highlight a few of the favorite embroidery kits that we’ve been selling. In the next few weeks, we’ll look at a new popular kit each blog post to highlight some of our customers’ favorite DIY embroidery kits! Showing all the love in the month of love! Works, right?!

That brings us to our Cozy Mountain House Embroidery Kit

This fun kit makes me think of a white cottage against the Icelandic or more likely, the Scottish mountains with dramatic clouds and blue, icy mountain tops. Kind of like this. Right?

Credit: Pinterest

A lone, isolated country cottage in the wild, blue yonder! This mountain embroidery kit uses short/long stitches, and gradient filling in of stitches to create this wonderful, wild texture! But, the real hit is the amazing clouds!! They are big, bold cumulus clouds. Loads of texture and dimension.

The actual story of inspiring of this little white cottage is when I was first married and our oldest was just a baby. We were living in a rural spot among the Blue Mountains and from our kitchen view, I could see this little adorable white house. It was a time of simply joy and pleasures. This beautiful scene and season of our life that it inspired this kit. I was always think back fondly of our time in the South Carolina countryside and that little view outside my window.

These Cozy Mountain House Embroidery kits are a best seller this year! Grab one this month during our crazy, ridiculous sale!

The end of our first Tutorial Tuesday is here! January’s mini project is this gorgeous fern, full of lovely details and perfect to practice all the stitches we just focused on this month.

This was a fun little embroidery art to complete, using the three stitches we learned this month! We covered:

Whipped Back Stitch, Long/Short Stitch & French Knots

Ready to make a fern to add to your botanical embroidery collection?!

Below is the video walking you through the completion of this sweet fern! And text boxes written out below!

Using 2 strands of the 3011, whip back stitch your stems focusing on one section at a time.

With 3 strands of 3011 and 1 strand of 934, long & short stitch the leaflets. Focus on one section at a time and allowing the angle to change as you move through each section. Stitch from the outer edge towards towards the stem. 3011 is on the outside and 934 on the inside.

With 1 strand of 950, add french knots around the stems and around the outside of the leaves for extra texture.

You did it! Join us next week for the start of a new cycle of learning and applying stitches!!

Don’t Forget to Grab your free download pattern & The next supply kit!

Our February Embroidery Design Is Here!!

Barn Owl & Buttercups is an ode to winter. The cozy, snowy Barn Owl with his collar of Buttercups. The floral historically known for its medicinal benefits. All on Terra Textilia gorgeous linen.

This kit is a perfect beginner & intermediate skill levels, alike.

We re-stocked the hummingbird embroidery kit in the shop!

Back by ever-so popular demand!! The hummingbird kit will be a staple in Harvest Goods Co embroidery kit shop. After being sold out for several months, kits have been re-assembled and are now re-stocked in the shop. If you’re already yearning for summer already, this adorable bird kit will help get you your fix until warmer days return.

How are we half way through January of 2022 already?! I just don’t understand.

I’ve already started working through designing February and March kits for our embroidery subscriptions! I’m so excited for what’s coming down the pipeline.

Hint: Winter Bird Design Coming Soon to the Embroidery Shop!

Click here to be the first to have it show up in your mailbox.

It’s not too late yet!

This kit will come with the most gorgeous terra textilia linen. It’s simply the best quality.

As I’ve said before, this season is not my favorite, but at least it comes with cozy, simple, and beautiful design ideas. It’s been feeding my wintery soul.

Embroidery Stitch Along for 2022

Come practice a new hand embroidery stitch each week! Grab our free pattern sheets and a supply kit from the shop to participate.

For EVERY Tuesday (yes, EVERY!) of 2022, I’ll be sharing a short video that covers a new embroidery stitch! This is perfect for those just starting their embroidery craft or those wanting to really hone in on their already developing skill set. These videos will be both on Instagram and our Embroidery Channel.

So far, we’ve covered Whipped Back Stitch, Long Stitch, and Short Stitch in just the first two weeks of January.

I hope this adds a little creativity to each week and helps you fall in love with the simplicity and beauty of embroidery. By breaking each monthly project up into 3-4 different elements, it makes it all much less intimidating! Don’t forget to tag me on Instagram (@harvestgoodsco), so I can see and share all of your hard work!

HAPPY STITCHING!!