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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...

Back stitch embroidery pig sample

Back Stitch Embroidery

For an unbroken stitched line of hand embroidery, there’s nothing quite like the back stitch! It’s immensely popular among newer stitchers for its simplicity and clean, modern look. The stitches...

Running Stitch Embroidery Tutorials

Running Stitch sample

Running Stitch Embroidery

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

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

Pearl stitch finished 2

Pearl Stitch Embroidery

The pearl stitch is a knotted hand embroidery stitch that is worked in a line; so it gives great texture with the knots. Great for outlines.
Seed Stitch for Embroidery

Seed Stitch Embroidery

Seed Stitch is next for my 100-stitch embroidery sampler. Seed stitch is similar size stitches in random directions to fill in a space. Couldn't put it down!
Running Stitch sample

Running Stitch Embroidery

Here is my embroidery sampler #3 - the running stitch, one of the most basic embroidery stitches. Try to make even stitches, matching length top and bottom.
Couching, finished

Couching Stitch Tutorial

This is the perfect embroidery stitch to showcase a thread as the decorative thread stays entirely on top of your work, held in place with a working thread.
Split stitch another angle of bringing your needle through the thread

Split Stitch Embroidery

With Split Stitch, you split your thread with the point of the needle in the middle of each stitch. The overlap adds texture to the hand embroidered line.
Finished stem stitch in solid green

Stem Stitch Embroidery

If you follow your line and take small, consistent stitches, tight curves appear smooth with Stem Stitch. You can achieve sharp corners, too.
Fly stitch sample

Fly Stitch Embroidery

The Fly Stitch can be birds in the air, a long curly vine or a decorative fill stitch - and it's easy! You'll want to know this hand embroidery stitch.
Chain Stitch Embroidery

Chain Stitch Embroidery

I love working my hand embroidery in chain stitch! But one of the lovelies of the chain stitch is its versatility. Can be dense or open and airy.

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