This book has tiny motifs of almost anything you can imagine from everyday things like ketchup and mustard bottle to fairytale animals. The designs are small and simple to stitch but full of whimsy and detail. A how-to section gives excellent instruction for beginners. Each motif is pictured stitched and as an outline. A gallery of stitched items is included for inspiration.

I received this book as an ARC from the publisher through NetGalley for an honest review of the contents.

As a complete beginner, I thought this would be a simple book to understand and I was wrong to go in with that assumption. Even though there are 550 motifs, that are all quite cute and adorable it's difficult to get into the spirit of it when I'm having to find other sources for the basic stitches. I had to read the instructions several times for me to understand what the writer was saying and that could be because I'm a visual learner. The bulk of the book is the patterns and sample pictures of how the patterns should look. Out of the 128 pages, only 10 pages were for actual instructions and two of those ten pages were for supplies. I think this book would be perfect for someone just looking for cute patterns but when it comes to learning the stitches you'll be stuck with very simple things until you can decipher the rest of the stitch tutorials. Overall the book is gorgeous for patterns and sample pictures not so much for the stitch tutorials.

A wonderful collection of lovely embroidery designs, accompanied by clear and concise tips and instructions.

This is really adorable. This book has a gallery of many designs by several artists, photos of different designs applied on fabrics and clothing, a how to guide that shows you how to start if you are a beginner. All the designs are ready for tracing and there are a lot of them. So basically everything you need to start stitching is in this book.
The designs are really cute, just as the titel says.
I never really did embroidery before, except when I was a kid and I am really inspired now to try it out.

Thank you to Netgalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!


I have been embroidering for over 4 years now. I don't do it every single day so I'm not wildly skilled but I do have the basics down so take that into account but this book is so beginner friendly. Sometimes when I review craft books I notice that while it's marketed to beginners the skill required is much higher than that. That was not the case here!

Not only does the book show an image of what the design should look like when complete with thread, it also has an outline that includes the type of stitch being used then a full outlined image on the other page. I also love that this book includes the basic materials needed for a project as well as a full instruction on completing the types of stitches included in their designs. Also the designs themselves are super cute!


I will absolutely be buying a physical copy of this book when it releases so I can try free handing these designs.

How to Embroider Almost Every Cute Thing is a tutorial reference book of 550 varied motifs aimed at all levels from beginner to advanced. The pictures are wonderful and make it easy to select what you want. All sorts of items are included from animals to cheeseburgers and the motifs can be adapted to your own style. A super resource book for all crafty needle workers out there.

So many cute embroidery projects to try, complete with the guides on how to do them and stitching techniques! Fun book to have on hand for anyone looking to do mini embroidery projects on things!

I just want to take a second to appreciate the fact that the table of contents has actual pictures so you know what the design looks like too!! UGH so useful!!
this is a great book even for beginners! There's a ton of options and patterns to learn!

This book is… okay.
The patterns in it are very cute, can’t deny that. And there’s so many of them!! There’s a very wide variety of patterns to choose from, which is a plus.
However, the patterns are very bland, not in design, but in instructions. I find them very hard to follow, and not very intuitive.
For intermediate-advanced embroiderers this book will probably be great! But definitely not beginner friendly.