Hand embroidery Stitches

Hand embroidery involves decorating fabric with colourful stitches made in an attractive pattern with needle and embroidery thread. With hand embroidered designs you have a way of adding a personal style to your accessories, clothes, home accessories and many other cloth products.

Cross-stitch, counted thread, embroidery, needlepoint, smocking, crewel, punch embroidery, appliqué and quilting- all your favourite fabric embellishments uses hand embroidery stitches

You can rejuvenate your old clothes into a new creation with a little ingenuity and knowledge of some basic hand embroidery stitches.

A lackluster old purse can turn into a designer piece with some metallic embroidery on it.

An old T-shirt can be customized with your logo embroidered on it.

An ordinary jeans can be turned designer jeans with some cool designs done on it.

You can delight your child by customizing his accessories with his name embroidered on them.

The beauty of hand embroidery is that you just need some basic simple tools to turn a designer – the fabric of your choice, needle and embroidery floss are the basics you should have to start with in your arsenal.The needlework stitches outlined here can form the building blocks for your ultimate artwork.

Hand Embroidery Stitches

LINE STITCHES

Stem Stitch

Outline Stitch

Chain Stitch

Running stitch

Split stitch

Back stitch

Couching stitch

BACK STITCHES

Chevron Stitch

Pekinese stitch

Single or Double threaded back stitch

Turkey Stitch

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RUNNING STITCHES

Threaded running stitch

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KNOT STITCHES

Coral Stitch

Bullion Stitch

French Knot stitch

Sheaf stitch

BLANKET STITCHES

Basic Blanket stitch

Double Blanket stitch

>Long and short blanket stitch

Buttonhole stitch
Knotted blanket stitch
Closed blanket stitch
Eyelet Stitch

Pinwheel stitch

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CROSS STITCHES
Basic cross stitch

Double cross stitch

Upright cross Stitch

Herringbone stitch

Fishbone Stitch

Vandyke Stitch

Star stitch

Ermine stitch

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CHAIN STITCHES
Basic Chain stitch

Zig Zag Chain stitch

Lazy Daisy stitch

Twisted chain stitch

Threaded chain stitch

Feathered chain stitch

Rosette chain stitch

Heavy braided chain stitch

Square chain stitch

Cable chain stitch

Wheat ear stitch

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FILLING STITCHES

Seed Stitch

Straight Stitch

Satin Stitch

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Holbein stitch/ kasuti embroidery stitch ; Satin stitch ; Long and short stitch

FEATHER STITCHES

Basic feather stitch

Cretan Stitch

Fly Stitch

Fern Stitch

Arrowhead stitch

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STEM STITCH – VARIATIONS

Encroaching stem stitch

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The following basic embroidery stitches are the building blocks of all beautiful needle work creations. You can combine them in various combinations to create the most creative and captivating hand embroidery designs

Checkout this post on basics of hand embroidery ( 10 FAQ answered) if you are a beginner to embroidery

Updated on October 6, 2022 by Sarina Tariq

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