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Star Stitch Embroidery: How To Tutorial with Video
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 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.
French Knot Embroidery Stitch Tutorial with Video
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…
Chevron Embroidery 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.
Upcycled Crewel Embroidery Pillow
I found this unfinished crewel embroidery piece at a creative reuse store and brought it home to finish. It was easy to add borders and make it into a pillow.
Heavy Chain Stitch Embroidery Tutorial: Step-by-Step
The Heavy Chain Stitch is a thicker variation of the chain stitch and is perfect for outlines where you really want the hand embroidery stitch to stand out.
Herringbone Stitch Embroidery
The Herringbone Stitch is great for filling spaces on a hand embroidery project. It's an easy, fast criss-cross stitch, done here with variegated thread.
Leaf Stitch Embroidery
The Leaf Embroidery Stitch forms the spine of the leaf with overlapping hand stitches. Work from alternating sides to form the crossovers in the center.
Scroll Stitch Embroidery
The scroll stitch is a form of the running knotted stitch that forms a line of little scrolls. This hand embroidery stitch is great for outlines and edges.
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.
Laced Running Stitch: Hand Embroidery Tutorial
The Laced Running Stitch is an easy stitch, but looks like you did a lot of work. Start with a Running Stitch, then lace another thread through those stitches.
Embroidery: Whipped Running Stitch (Cordonnet Stitch)
I did the whipped running stitch with one solid thread and one variegated thread. I love the way the variegated thread adds visual interest to embroidery.
Double Running Stitch Embroidery
The double running stitch is a great hand embroidery stitch for working long lines. It is also called a Holbein stitch or Assisi stitch.
How to Make DIY Canopy Weights for Pop Up Tent
I ordered a pop-up canopy to use at outdoor art shows. Works great – glad we did a trial run set up before the first show! One of the reasons…
How to Make Continuous Bias Binding Tape: Two Ways
You don't need to buy fancy bias tape makers in all of the specific sizes - make it any size you want! It's easy with glass head pins and an…
Fashion Forward, 300 Years of Fashion
I had the amazing experience of visiting the Fashion Forward, 3 Centuries of Fashion exhibit while in Paris recently. Garments and sets are beautiful!
Running Stitch Embroidery: Instructions and YouTube
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.
Seed Stitch Embroidery Tutorial
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!