Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials

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Rice Stitch

Rice Stitch is also known as Seeding Stitch / Seed Stitch [EN], Point de Sable [FR], Reisstich [DE], Punto Seme [IT], Ponto de Areia [PT]. How to do the Rice Stitch This stitch is just a chaos of single straight stitches used to fill patterns. Unlike how I show in...

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Seed Stitch

Seed Stitch is also known as Rice grain stitch / Rice Stitch [EN], Puntada de semillas [ES], Point de sable [FR], Samenstich [DE],  Punto seme [IT], Ponto de semente [PT]. How to do the Seed Stitch This stitch uses simple Running Stitches in a single direction to fill in patterns....

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Pattern Darning: Non-Reversible

This kind of pattern is done over fabric that is used only on one side. For instance, a table cloth. Since the reverse side is not so important here, we need not concentrate much on keeping the reverse of the fabric as neat. I will illustrate using a border design...

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Pattern Darning: Reversible

This type of pattern darning will give you an equally good reverse side, if not the same. It is used on fabrics that are used on both sides, like towels and napkins. Here we have to be careful about how to choose the pattern and go about stitching it. I...

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Pattern Darning: Reference

This lesson will teach you how to go about doing pattern darning, with all possible considerations and techniques, along with some hints and tips. Go through the lesson completely at least once, and in the sequence given to understand the whole concept of pattern darning. You may later use this...

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Pattern Darning

Embroidery sample: Pattern Darning About Pattern darning The darning stitch is used in an embroidery technique called ‘Pattern darning’. Using rows of straight running stitches of long and short length, patterns are created. This embroidery type is one of the oldest and has been found to be used across cultures...

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Bluework Lessons

Bluework This page is just to give a feel on how Bluework will look like. Bluework and Redwork share the same history. Only that, Bluework came as a successor to Redwork when a new colorfast blue thread was available in the market. Later, a lot many other colors came into...

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Redwork Lessons

In this tutorial, the step by step process on how I went about finishing this design is mentioned. You may click on the stitch name to go to the lessons of those stitches. I have used Anchor thread number 47. I have traced the design to a white cotton fabric...

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Redwork

  Embroidery sample: Redwork Redwork also known as: Turkey red embroidery, Penny squares Bluework also known as: Blue redwork About Redwork Redwork embroidery, as simple as its name suggests, is embroidery with red cotton thread over white fabric. It took its name from an embroidery thread known as Turkey Red....

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Outline Stitch

Outline Stitch is also known as Puntada de contorno [ES], Point de contour [FR], Umrissstich [DE],  Punto di contorno [IT], Ponto de cotorno [PT]. How to do Outline Stitch As the name suggests, this stitch is used to mark outlines in an embroidery pattern. It is a flexible stitch that...