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Embroidery Tutorials

Category: <span>Embroidery Tutorials</span>

Step-by-step directions for embroidery stitches, including videos and samplers. Our embroidery tutorials provide tips and hints for stitching basic to complex stitches to embellish your project. Embroidery stitches add visual interest to garments, home dec items, quilts, toys and more! Browse through our embroidery tutorials and find a new stitch to try today!

Back Stitch Embroidery Tutorials

Threaded back stitch Step 6

How to Embroider the Threaded Back Stitch

The threaded back stitch is a variation of the basic embroidered back stitch. It has a wavy texture that makes a terrific decorative edge for clothing and accessories. The looped...

Whipped Back Stitch step 5

How to Embroider the Whipped Back Stitch

The whipped back stitch is a variation of the basic embroidered back stitch. The finished stitch has a nice scroll look and is perfect for outlines or lettering. Use either...

Running Stitch Embroidery Tutorials

Running Stitch sample

How to Embroider the Running Stitch

The Running Stitch is the simplest and quickest of all embroidery stitches and creates simple lines and outlines. So many stitches use the running stitch as the basis, like the...

Laced Running Stitch sample

How to Embroider the Laced Running Stitch

What fun! I loved doing this stitch and love the effect! The Laced Running Stitch is an easy variation on the running stitch, but looks like you did a lot...

Whipped Running stitch sampler

Embroidery: Whipped Running Stitch (Cordonnet Stitch)

The whipped running stitch is a quick and easy way to outline a shape, giving texture to the line and producing a twisted cord effect. You can either use the...

More Embroidery Tutorials

Basic Arrowhead Stitch

Embroidery: Arrowhead Stitch

The Arrowhead Embroidery Stitch is a great stitch for a row or border, or as a fill stitch. Two straight stitches are connected to form an arrow shape..
Finished sample of the bosnian embroidery stitch

Embroidery: Bosnian Stitch

The Bosnian Stitch is a zig zag stitch that can be used as a row or border stitch, or to fill a space. Sometimes it is called a fence or…
Stacked arrowhead sampler

Embroidery: Stacked Arrowhead Stitch

The Stacked (or Vertical) Arrowhead Stitch is a variation of the basic Arrowhead Stitch. It can be worked with gaps or close together, often to make leaves.
Finished sample of Algerian Eye embroidery stitch using #8 pearl cotton

Embroidery: Algerian Eye Stitch

The Algerian Eye Stitch is also known as the Algerian Eyelet Stitch or the Star Eyelet Stitch. It is used in cross stitch, embroidery and hardanger.
Embroidery: Basic Woven Stitch

Embroidery: Basic Woven Stitch

The basic woven stitch is a great filler stitch on your embroidery projects. Stitch the long threads for one direction, then weave perpendicular threads.
Star Stitch Sampler

Embroidery: Star Stitch

The Star Stitch can be used as a combination stitch, or as a filler stitch on your hand embroidery projects. Each star has 8 or more points. Lots of variations.
Feather stitch sample

Embroidery: Feather Stitch

The Feather Stitch is a hand embroidery stitch for both straight and curved lines, used quite often in crazy quilting and garden or underwater scene fillers.
French knot heart sampler

Parlez-Vous French Knot? Basic Embroidery Stitch, The French Knot

The French Knot can be used alone to fill a space or used as part of a combination stitch. It can seem difficult at first, but is easy after some…
Final Chevron Embroidery Stitch

Embroidery: Chevron Stitch

The Chevron hand embroidery stitch is great for decorative bands and can be used with other stitches to make a great combination stitch. Quick and easy stitch.

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