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Tips - Floss

Floss is an essential part of Cross Stitch Embroidery and these tips help stitchers keep floss looking great.

Using Leftover Embroidery Floss, Thread, and Fibers

Chances are that we all have extra embroidery floss laying around. There are lots of ways to use up extra thread and fibers. Whether it is extra thread from a kit, skeins of floss you received as a gift, or floss left from a larger project, use the extra to create other works of handcraft

Using Variegated Floss in Cross Stitch

Follow these tips to make using variegated floss in Cross Stitch projects more successful.

Share Your Cross Stitch Tips On Using and Storing Cross Stitch Floss

Share your Cross Stitch tips on using and storing embroidery floss. See submissions

Tips on Stitching With Variegated and Over-Dyed Flosses

Share your tips and methods for using variegated flosses in Cross Stitch Projects.

Stitching With Metallic Threads and Flosses

Metallic flosses come in a variety of styles and thicknesses. There are true metal flosses and fibers in use, but most of the metallic flosses and filaments used by stitchers are actually polyester in composition.

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