This tutorial covers 5 basic hand embroidery stitches for beginners to learn. These stitches are most useful and some of the most used in embroidery art. This tutorial will give you the fundamental of basic stitches before you advance to more difficult stitches. The first part of the tutorial teaches 3 stitches that are commonly used for flower heads and making flowers, the last 2 stitches are usually used for stems, branches and grasses in embroidery art.
Basic Hand Embroidery Stitches
Basic Hand Embroidery Stitches~ Floral and flower heads: Woven Wagon Wheel
1:Bring the needle up from the back of the fabric directly in the middle of the circle
pattern
2: Make a simple stitch marking each line (5 lines)
3: Bring the needle up from the back of the fabric close to the center
4: Weave the needle and floss over and under the stitched lines we made in step 2
5: Repeat until the pattern is full
6: To complete the rose, put the needle slightly under the rose and push the needle
through to the back, tie off with a double knot.
The French Knot
1.Bring your needle up through the back of the fabric where you want the knot to go
.2.Wrap the embroidery floss around the needle 2 to 3 times.
3.Push the needle back into the fabric in the same place or close to where we initially push the needle through the fabric from the back.
4.Hold the embroidery floss gently whilst you pull the entire length of floss through.
5.Double knot to tie the stitch off at the back
The Lazy Daisy Stitch
1.Bring the needle up from back of the fabric. The needle should come up at the bottom of the petal
2. Push the needle back down close to where it initially came from and put the tip of the needle where the top of the petal will be. The needle should be weaved into the fabric. Don’t pull the needle through completely
3. Wrap the floss around the tip of the needle
4. Pull the needle through holding on to the floss
5. To hold the loop in place, push the needle through to the back at the tip of the petal
6.Knot of the back with a double knot.
Basic Hand Embroidery Stitches ~ stems and sticks:
Stem Stitch
1.Bring the needle up from the back of the fabric where you want the stem to start.
2.Make a simple stitch. Keep it small, but not too small
3.Bring the needle up from the back again, but this time leave a gap between the
needle and your last stitch. This gap should be about the same size as your original
stitch
4.Take your needle back to your previous stitch. With your needle lift up stitch slightly
and push the needle through close to the middle of the previous stitch.
5.Repeat until the stem is complete and tie off at the back with a double knot
The Back Stitch
1.Bring the needle up from the back of the fabric where you want the stem to start.
2.Make a simple stitch. Keep it small, but not too small
3.Bring the needle up from the back again, but this time leave a gap between the
needle and your last stitch. This gap should be about the same size as your original
stitch
4.Bring the needle down to your previous stitch. Push the needle through the hole at
the end of your previous stitch.
5.Repeat until the stitch is complete and tie off with a double knot at the back.
I hope you learnt basic embroidery stitches that you can take away and use for your own embroidery art. For more Hand embroidery tutorials…
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Happy Embroidering!
Missy
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