Palestrina Family

About the Palestrina Family

Palestrina Stitch and most of its members draw their origin from Italy. This stitch forms an essential part of many of Italy’s ancient embroideries.

The characteristic of this stitch is a line with knots. Usually, these knots are near placed, but variations can lead to longer stitches dotted with knots.
Palestrina stitches can be used on any fabric with almost any kind of thread. The thicker the thread, the bolder the knots will be. The Perle cotton thread is often suggested as the knots show up better.

This stitch can be used to outline designs, do border work, or even attaching appliques. They can be used as fillings with texture and even on edges! Each of them differs much from the other somehow, but the basic technique of making the knots remains the same. So, when going through the lessons, just gather in the logic of making the knots. Then, the Palestrina family of stitches will be one of the most exciting stitches to experiment with!

Note that the Eastern Stitch has been placed under this family as it follows the technique used in Palestrina Family. Still, it is a hybrid stitch that can also find a place in other families, like the Blanket Stitch Family.


Palestrina Stitch Family

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Eastern Stitch

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8 Responses

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    Cate says:

    Hi again. The last two stitches have no working link. I’m so sorry to keep messaging, I’m so enjoying your site and cannot imagine the amount of work you’ve put into all these tutorials for people like me. It’s an incredibly wonderful resource xx

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    madhavi srihari says:

    I’m trying Basque knot without success. Can you please post a video?

    • Sarah says:

      Oh Ok, Madhavi. In fact, I am will be coming out with a series of video tutorials by the end of this month. I will queue up the Basque knot on priority. 🙂

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    Patty Chastain says:

    WHAT A WONDERFUL SIGHT. YOU ARE SO SHARING AND TALENTED. THANK YOU.

  4. shilpa says:

    awesome blog…

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    Mariette DEmeyere says:

    palestrina steek

  6. rocksea says:

    So it might have originated from the city palestrina, near to rome?

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