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Four More Embroidery Stitches

Updated: Jul 14


Embroidery hoop, thread, needles and scissors on wooden background

In my last post I showed you how to sew the six most basic embroidery stitches for beginners. Well here are four more, but three of these are a bit different : woven wheel stitch is used to create a flower, fishbone stitch is a leaf, and lazy daisy stitch creates petals.


 

You Will Need:

  • A hoop

  • Embroidery thread

  • Embroidery needle

  • Fabric marker/water erasable pen


 

There is also this video to help:



 

Chain Stitch:

Embroidery hoop, thread, needles and scissors on wooden background

  • Bring the needle up through the wrong side of the fabric.

Embroidery hoop, needle and thread

  • Push the needle back down close to where you brought it up.

  • Bring the tip of the needle up a space away, keeping the back still in the fabric.

Embroidery hoop, needle and thread

  • Wrap your thread clockwise around your needle.

Embroidery hoop, needle and thread

  • Pull the needle through.

Embroidery hoop, needle and thread

  • Push the needle back down the fabric creating one chain and repeat the process.

Embroidery hoop, needle and thread

Embroidery hoop and thread



Woven Wheel Stitch:

Embroidery hoop, needle, thread and scissors

  • Draw a circle on your fabric

Embroidery hoop and fabric

  • Draw five lines in the circle, as depicted in the picture below.

Embroidery hoop and fabric

  • Sew a stitch across each of these lines.

Embroidery hoop and thread

  • Bring your needle back up, through the middle.

Embroidery hoop and thread

  • Weave in and out of the five stitches.

Embroidery hoop, needle and thread

  • Continue weaving until you come to the end of the lines of stitching.

Embroidery hoop and thread



Fishbone Stitch:

Embroidery hoop, needle and thread

  • Draw a leaf shape on your fabric, then draw a straight line through it.

Embroidery hoop and fabric

  • Push your needle up through the fabric, at the bottom of the leaf shape, slightly to one side of the line.

Embroidery hoop and thread

  • Push your needle back down through the fabric, half way up the leaf, on the opposite side of the line.

Embroidery hoop and thread

  • Repeat with the other side.

Embroidery hoop, needle and thread

  • Carry on doing these steps, gradually travelling up until you get to the end of the leaf.

Embroidery hoop and thread

Embroidery hoop and thread




Lazy Daisy Stitch:

Embroidery hoop, needle and thread

  • Push your needle up through the fabric.

Embroidery hoop and thread

  • Just next to it, push your needle back down, but do not pull the thread tight.

Embroidery hoop and thread

  • A space away from this loop (however big you want the petal to be) bring your needle up.

Embroidery hoop and thread

  • Bring your needle through the loop of thread.

Embroidery hoop and thread

  • Tighten the loop.

Embroidery hoop and thread

  • Push your needle back down through the fabric.

Embroidery hoop and thread

 

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