Visual Dictionary of Hand embroidery stitches

This visual embroidery stitch dictionary is a library of hand embroidery stitches with images. Get inspired, learn new hand embroidery stitches and add them to your hand embroidery projects!

A

Algerian eyelet hand embroidery stitch — Algerian Eyelet stitch

Alternating Twisted Chain stitch front view — Alternating Twisted Chain stitch

Anklet stitch embroidery with red thread small image — Anklet Stitch

Antwerp edging front view — Antwerp Edging

B

Backstitch

Backstitched Chain stitch front side — Backstitched Chain stitch

Barb stitch front side - embroidery in blue and yellow thread on white fabric — Barb stitch

Basket stitch embroidery with green floss — Basket Stitch

Basque Stitch embroidery — Basque Stitch

Berwick stitch front view - hand embroidery with green pearl cotton on white cotton fabric — Berwick stitch

Blanket stitch front side — Blanket stitch

Blanket stitch filling with red threads on white fabric — Blanket stitch filling

Blanket stitch filling in circles

Small white felt heart — Blanket stitch for sewing

Bokhara Couching with blue threads Small — Bokhara Couching

Brick stitch embroidery with orange pearl cotton on white fabric — Brick stitch

Bullion knot stitch — Bullion Knot stitch

Bulls head stitch embroidery small image — Bulls Head stitch

Butterfly Chain Stitch — Butterfly Chain stitch

Buttonhole bar embroidery with dark red pearl cotton — Buttonhole bar

Buttonhole shading stitch in various shades of blue embroidery floss — Buttonhole Shading stitch

Stitch hand embroidered with dark red thread on white background — Buttonhole stitch

Buttonhole wheel embroidery stitch on white fabric with blue floss — Buttonhole Wheel

C

Cable Chain Stitch

Ceylon Stitch embroidery — Ceylon Stitch

Chain Stitch with green threads small image — Chain Stitch

Chevron stitch embroidery - three rows of stitches in red and yellow — Chevron stitch

Closed blanket stitch embroidered with light blue thread on white fabric — Closed Blanket stitch

Closed Cretan stitch green small — Closed Cretan stitch

Closed fly stitch small image — Closed Fly stitch

Closed herringbone stitch 1x1 — Closed Herringbone stitch

Colonial knots embroidered with orange pearl cotton — Colonial Knots

Connected Fly stitch embroidery small — Connected Fly stitch

Coral stitch small image — Coral stitch

Couching stitch embroidery with green threads — Couching stitch

Cretan Stitch

Crossed blanket stitch front side — Crossed Blanket stitch

Crossed Fly Stitch filling small image — Crossed Fly Stitch filling

Crown Stitch embroidery Small — Crown Stitch

D

Darning stitch with red thread on natural linen — Darning Stitch

Double blanket stitch embroidered with red and green embroidery floss — Double Blanket stitch

Double Feather Stitch embroidery small image — Double Feather Stitch

Lazy daisy stitch embroidery with red and pink floss — Double Lazy Daisy stitch

Double threaded backstitch embroidered with yellow and red embroidery floss — Double Threaded Backstitch

Double threaded running stitch embroidery in yellow and green threads on white fabric — Double Threaded Running stitch

Duplicate stitch front side - yellow thread embroidery on grey knitwear — Duplicate stitch

E

Eastern Stitch embroidery with purple pearl cotton small image — Eastern Stitch

Ermine Stitch embroidery small image — Ermine Stitch

Eskimo lace edging embroidered with pink and green thread — Eskimo Lace Edging

F

Fairy lights stitch embroidery in two colors — Fairy Lights Stitch

Fan Stitch embroidery small image — Fan Stitch

Feather Stitch embroidery small image — Feather Stitch

Feathered Chain Stitch small image — Feathered Chain Stitch

Fern stitch embroidery on white fabric — Fern Stitch

Fishbone stitch bar with green threads on white canvas — Fishbone Stitch

Fly Stitch small image — Fly Stitch

Autumn leave embroidered with French knots in brown and light orange colors — French knot

G

German knotted blanket stitch embroidered with orange thread - front side — German Knotted Blanket stitch

Granitos Stitch embroidery small image — Granitos Stitch

H

Half Chevron stitch small image — Half Chevron Stitch

Herringbone Ladder Stitch embroidery with pink and green thread — Herringbone Ladder Stitch

Herringbone stitch embroidery with red floss on white fabric — Herringbone Stitch

Holbein Stitch embroidery — Holbein Stitch

Honeycomb stitch embroidery with dark red thread on white fabric — Honeycomb Filling

hungarian braided chain stitch embroidery with red and teal green floss1x1 — Hungarian Braided Chain Stitch

I

Interlaced Chain Stitch Small image — Interlaced Chain Stitch

J

Jacobean Couching Small — Jacobean Couching

Japanese Darning Stitch with blue embroidery floss — Japanese Darning Stitch

K

Kogin Stitch embroidery on linen fabric — Kogin Stitch

L

Lazy Daisy Stitch (Detached Chain Stitch) — Lazy Daisy Stitch

Green leave embroidered with leaf stitch — Leaf Stitch

Long and short stitch sampler from 2024 — Long and Short Stitch

Looped Running Stitch small image — Looped Running Stitch

M

Magic stitch embroidery pink and blue — Magic Chain Stitch

Meandering Stitch (Parallel Running Stitch) — Meandering Stitch

Mirrored Blanket Stitch embroidery with pink floss small image — Mirrored Blanket Stitch

O

Overlock stitch embroidery with purple thread small image — Overlock Stitch

Outline embroidery stitch made with red thread on white canvas — Outline Stitch

P

Palestrina stitch pink and purple small image — Palestrina Stitch

Parallel Running stitch aka Fairy lights stitch — Parallel Running Stitch

Pekinese stitch embroidery with pink floss — Pekinese Stitch

Pistil stitch embroidery — Pistil Stitch

Plaited Fly Stitch small image — Plaited Fly Stitch

R

Raised Fishbone Stitch leaf — Raised Fishbone Stitch

Reverse Chain stitch with blue Pearl cotton — Reverse Chain Stitch

Rice stitch Small — Rice Stitch

Rosette of Thorns embroidery with red and green floss — Rosette of Thorns

Running stitch 1x1 — Running Stitch

S

Satin Stitch embroidery with green threads — Satin Stitch

Scallop Stitch Edge with pearl cotton thread — Scallop Stitch

Scotch Darning Stitch embroidery for mending — Scotch Darning Stitch

Scroll Stitch embroidery small image — Scroll Stitch

Split Backstitch embroidery with purple thread small image — Split Backstitch

Split Stitch small image — Split Stitch

Start stitch small — Star Stitch

Stem Stitch Embroidery small image — Stem Stitch

Stepped Running Stitch embroidery in two colors — Stepped Running Stitch

Straight Stitch small image — Straight Stitch

Sun Wheel Stitch embroidery with pearl cotton small image — Sun Wheel Stitch

Surface Satin stitch embroidery with brown threads — Surface Satin Stitch

T

Threaded Backstitch with two colors of threads — Threaded Backstitch

Threaded Running Stitch with yellow and blue threads — Threaded Running Stitch

Tulip Stitch small image — Tulip Stitch

Turkey Work embroidery with three colors of threads — Turkey Work

Twisted Chain Stitch Small image — Twisted Chain Stitch

Twisted Fly Stitch small image — Twisted Fly Stitch

W

Weave Stitch embroidery in two colors — Weave Stitch

Wheatear Stitch small image — Wheatear Stitch

Whipped backstitch W letter — Whipped Backstitch

Whipped blanket stitch with white and red floss — Whipped Blanket Stitch

Whipped Chain Stitch Small image — Whipped Chain Stitch

Whipped Running Stitch with pink and green floss — Whipped Running Stitch

Whipped Satin Stitch small image — Whipped Satin Stitch

Spider wheel whipped purple — Whipped Spider Wheel

Woven spider wheel flower embroidered with pink variegated floss — Woven Spider Wheel

Woven Star stitch filled orange — Woven Star Stitch

Z

Zig Zag Chain Stitch embroidery with blue thread small image — Zig Zag Chain Stitch

ZigZag Stitch small image — ZigZag Stitch

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