Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials

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Breton Stitch

Breton Stitch is also known as Twisted herringbone stitch [EN], Gedrehter hexenstich [DE]. How to do the Breton Stitch This lovely looking stitch might remind us of thorns. The Breton Stitch can take curves easily. You can bring some variations in the outcome by increasing or decreasing the length of...

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The 12 Basic Stitches and Color Wheel Sampler

The 12 Basic Stitches using the Color Wheel Hand embroidery does not demand you to learn hordes of stitches to create beautiful samplers and work on a project. So, if you are a beginner, do not get intimidated by the sheer number of stitches that there are. In fact, many...

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Whale

Embroidery Pattern: Whale. You will learn 3 Stitches At a Time – Surface Couching, Herringbone Stitch, Double Herringbone Stitch. If you want to draw a whale, this might be the easiest way! I must admit, getting the tail right was not all that easy either. Somehow, my family thought it...

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Stitch Picture Dictionary

This Embroidery Stitch Picture Dictionary will help you to identify the stitches even if you don’t know the names! Dig through our embroidery stitch library of 300 stitches below—click over a picture and go directly to the stitch tutorial page. When I started researching and documenting hand embroidery stitches way...

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Interlaced Herringbone Stitch

This stitch is beautiful, made by weaving over the Double Herringbone stitch with another thread of same or different color. Interlaced Herringbone Stitch forms one of the main stitches for two traditional embroideries called the Kutch Work and the Armenian Marash Work. You need to know the Double Herringbone Stitch...

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Double Herringbone Stitch

  About the Double Herringbone Stitch This stitch is just a double layer of the Herringbone Stitch. Now, note something important – This stitch is used for texturing in crewel embroidery.  But, if you want to use this stitch as a foundation for embroideries like Kutch Work or Marash Embroidery,...

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Laced Herringbone Stitch

Also known as: German Interlacing Stitch This stitch requires a base of herringbone stitch, around which we weave using a contrasting colored thread. It is highly decorative and so makes a good stitch for borders. You need to know how to do herringbone stitch before beginning this tutorial. Herringbone Stitch:...

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Tied Herringbone Stitch

Also known as : Knotted Herringbone Stitch, Coral Knotted Herringbone Stitch This stitch is done over a base of herringbone stitch. It is an incorporation of coral stitch over herringbone stitch. You need to know how to do herringbone stitch and coral stitch before beginning this tutorial. Herringbone Stitch: Make...

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Threaded Herringbone Stitch

Also known as: Barred Witch Stitch This is a fancy stitch done over a base of herringbone stitch. This stitch looks great for border making. You need to know how to do herringbone stitch before beginning this tutorial. Herringbone Stitch: Make a row of herringbone stitch for the base. Fig...

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Herringbone Stitch

Herringbone Stitch is also known as Mossoul stitch, Plaited stitch, Catch stitch, Witch stitch [EN], Punto de escapulario [ES], Point de chausson [FR], Hexenstich [DE], Ponto espinha [PT], Flätsöm [SV]. How to do the Herringbone Stitch This is the basic Herringbone Stitch made of crosses not cut exactly in the...