Embroidery Stitches

Running Stitch

considered being the easiest stitch for outlining.

 Back Stitch

the most often used to outline a design. This stitch also forms the base line for other
embroidery stitches
 
 Cross Stitch

stitched formed by two crossing arms and may be used for outlining, as
borders or to fill in an entire area.
Blanket Stich
 Chain Stitch

• one of the more popular stitches used for outlining. When worked in
close rows, chain stitches make good stitches for filling the design area.
 Lazy Daisy Stitch

• also called detached chain stitch, this stitch is work in a circle to resemble
the petals of a flower.
 Lazy Daisy Stitch
• Fig 1: Bring the thread out through A.
Put in the needle near A and bring it out
through the point B, but don’t pull the
needle out completely.
Now, loop the thread around the needle,
like we would in chain stitch. 
 Lazy Daisy Stitch

• Fig 2: Pull out the needle out to

tighten the loop.
Put in the needle just outside the
chain created and that will finish
the lazy daisy stitch.
 Lazy Daisy Stitch

• Fig 3: This stand alone stitch can

be used freely to be a part of
any design. Since I have decided
to make a flower, I will proceed
with making multiple lazy daisies
around the marked stitch line.
 Lazy Daisy Stitch

• Fig 4: The completed

flower made of multiple
lazy daisies.
 Satin stitch

• a solid filling stitch that is used to cover a design area with long, straight stitches
worked very close together
 Satin Stitch

• Fig 1: Bring the needle out

through A and put it in
through B. So, that makes a
stitch which covers a small
area between the stitch
lines.
 Satin Stitch

• Fig 2: Now, bring the

needle back through C, a
point very close to A.
Continue this action over
the two stitch lines.
 Satin Stitch

• Fig 3: Once finished, the

area is filled as shown
above. You will be spending
as much thread on the
reverse side as you do on
the actual side of the fabric.
 French Knot Stitch

• a single detached stitched used primarily to fill in a design area. It is a

popular stitch among embroiderers in that it can be used to create the eyes
on an embroidered face or the center of a flower.
• Fig 1: Bring the needle out through A.
• Fig 2: Now, place the needle close to
the fabric. Wrap the thread around it
twice, as shown.
Fig 3: Keep the longer end of the thread pulled with your
fingers while putting the needle back in a point just close to A.
This is probably what you have to master.
TIP: If you are holding the needle with your right-hand fingers,
wrap the thread and hold it pulled with your left-hand fingers.
Vice versa. This makes it easy to put the needle in through the
fabric without the risk of pulling out of the wrapped thread. If
this seems difficult for you, try this: after wrapping the thread,
turn the needle around about 180 degrees and then try to put it
near A.
• Fig 4: Pull down the needle through the
fabric. You will see your first French Knot
formed.
Fern Stitch
• Fig 1: Bring the needle out from A and
take it in through B, both points which lie
over the second stitch line.
• Fig 2: Now, Take the needle out through C, a
point which lies on the first stitch line. This
point lies a little higher than the point B (about
45 degrees).
• Fig 3: Now, take the needle in through the point
B. Then, bring the needle out through point D,
and take it in through B. This finishes a set of
three straight stitches.
• Fig 4: Bring out through E and back into B.
Follow the illustration to continue.
• Fig 5: A finished portion looks like this.
Woven Wheel Stitch