Embroidery line stitches

Embroidery is one of my favorite craft mediums. It’s the perfect ‘lap’ project to work on while watching a movie and I love that I can pick up my project, work on a few stitches and just as easily put it down again.

Stitch tutorials, lessons, tips for better stitches and samplers for practice - everything in one free library.

15 basic line stitches you need to know to improve your embroidery skills.

Learn different ways to start and end your embroidery stitches without using knots. I show you various methods for different stitches!

Practical Embroidery : Hand Embroidery stitches for outlines - from the most simple to decorative ones : Embroidery Techniques and stitches

Stitches! 🪡

How about making a sampler based on the line stitches and their variations? Running stitch, Stem stitch, Split stitch, Back stitch and others.

Brick Stitch This is one of the simplest ways to fill a space. Brick stitch is done by stitching staggered lines of back stitch side by side. So once you know your back stitch you're good to go! Similarly, many line stitches (stem, chain, split) can be placed side by side to fill a space.Satin Stitch Another simple but very effective way to fill a small area. Long straight stitches are laid side by side to give a cohesive block of colour. The fewer threads used here the better, as they lie…

Couching may not be one of the most well known embroidery stitches, but it's versatility definitely makes it worth knowing about!