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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

Running Stitch Embroidery Tutorials

More Embroidery Tutorials

Pekinese stitch finished

Pekinese Stitch

The Pekinese stitch makes a great outline where you want more texture with its loops. Perfect hand embroidery stitch for linear surface design.
Cable Stitch Sample

Cable Embroidery Stitch

The cable stitch works well for straight and curved lines in your embroidery project. It is worked left to right with parallel lines of stitching.
Finished sample of the bosnian embroidery stitch

Bosnian Embroidery 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.
Double Laced Running Stitch finished

Laced Double Running Stitch

The Laced Double Running Stitch starts with two running stitches on separate lines. Lace the working thread between the two lines for a zigzag effect.
Feather stitch remove your marking lines

Feather Stitch Embroidery Tutorial

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.