Learning embroidery stitches

This section helps you learn embroidery stitches. For every stitch there's an embroidery stitch tutorial with step-by-step instructions and an embroidery stitch video showing you how to do embroidery stitches.  

My kits and patterns have markings showing you how to form the stitches and exactly where they go, so my designs make it really easy for you to learn new stitches. For example, the picture below shows the fabric for my Scandinavian trees design, where you can see the markings ready for you to stitch over:

How to do embroidery stitches

Learn how to do these popular embroidery stitches. You would use them all in my stitch sampler design, but many of them are used in other kits within my range. You can see in the list below where the stitches are specific to an individual design: 

• Back stitch including whipped back stitch
• Basket weave stitch
• Blanket stitch
• Blanket stitch leaves for the autumn trees design
• Blanket stitch wheels for the chirpy birds design and cat embroidery
• Chain stitch
• Couching stitch
• Feather stitch, including double feather stitch and maidenhair stitch
• Fern stitch, including fan shapes
• Fly stitch
• French knots (right hand), including a video for lazy French knots and instructions for colonial knots, an easy alternative to French knots
• French knots (left hand) - thanks to left-hander Abby Knowles who made this video
• Lazy daisy stitch including open lazy daisy stitch
• Pekinese stitch
• Satin stitch
• Seed stitch and straight stitch
• Stars
• Stem stitch

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Embroidery tips for beginners

My embroidery videos don't just show you how to do embroidery stitches. They also give you really useful embroidery tips covering the things that often aren't covered but you really need to know if your embroidery is going to be successful. The videos show you how to:

• Use an embroidery hoop
• Prepare embroidery needles and thread
• Tie off thread ends
• Mount and frame embroidery