Roses add a nice touch to your embroidery project and are easy and fast to make. Experiment with different colors and thread strands. Step 1. Trace a circle. Come up at the center at A. Make a straight stitch towards…
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Fishbone Stitch is used to fill leaves or petals. You can stitch them close to each other or further apart to create different effects. Step 1. Insert the needle to come up at A, then do a straight stitch to…
French Knots are good for filling, flower buds, dots in lettering, and anything else you can imagine. Step 1. Come up at A. Wrap embroidery thread around the needle. Step 2. Keeping the tension in the thread, insert the needle…
Lazy Daisy is perfect to create petals or leaves as well as texture. Step 1. Come up at A, then insert the needle back at A and come up at B. Create a loop under the needle as shown in…
Fern Stitch is perfect for leaf veins or to create flower stems. Step 1. Come up at A. Insert needle at B and come up at C. Step 2. From C, insert the needle back in A to come out…
Split Stitch is another stitch that is used for outlines and as a padded edge to give volume to Satin Stitches. Step 1. Insert the needle through A and do a straight stitch to B. Step 2. Come up C…
Stem Stitch can be used for outlining, lettering or flower stems. If you work it in rows, you can also use it as filling. Step 1. Start at A, then go back through B half a stitch length (at the…
Back Stitch is one of the easiest stitches to learn and do if you’re a beginner. It’s used to outline designs and for lettering. Step 1. Insert the needle through your fabric of choice through A. Go back 1 stitch…