T.L.E (Embroidery Stitches)

• Stitches in sewing, knitting, or crocheting:

  • Stitches include stitches like stitches, back stitch, bullion stitch, chain stitch, cross-stitch, feather stitch, fishbone, French knot, herringbone stitch, lazy daisy chain stitch, looped stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, split stitch, seed stitch, and stem stitch
• Back stitch:

  • Most often used to outline a design
  • Forms the baseline for other embroidery stitches
• Bullion stitch:

  • A single detached stitch used for filling in a design area
  • Rows of bullion stitches may also be used to outline a design
  • Recommended to use a needle with a small eye for ease in pulling
• Chain stitch:

  • Most opular for outlining
  • When worked in close rows, chain stitches make good stitches for filling the design area
• Cross-stitch:

  • Formed by two crossing arms
  • Used for outlining, as borders, or to fill in an entire area
• Feather stitch:

  • A stitch with a loop and stitches evenly worked on both the left and right sides of a design area
• Fishbone stitch:

  • Ideal for making leaves or feathers
  • Requires dividing the pattern into two and filling each side alternately for a plaited effect in the center
• French knot:

  • A single detached stitch used primarily to fill in a design area
  • Popular for creating eyes on an embroidered face or the center of a flower
• Herringbone stitch:

  • A basic overlapping stitch popular for use in borders
• Lazy daisy chain stitch:

  • Also called detached chain stitch
  • Worked in a circle to resemble the petals of a flower
• Looped stitch:

  • A very decorative stitch that can experiment with threads for various colors over borders
• Running stitch:

  • Considered the easiest stitch for outlining
• Satin stitch:

  • A solid filling stitch used to cover a design area with long, straight stitches worked very close together
• Split stitch:

  • Done using quite thick threads, such as wool
  • Used as an outlining stitch or as a filling stitch
• Seed stitch:

  • Also known as rice grain stitch
  • Uses simple straight stitches in a single direction to fill in patterns
  • Has shorter stitches above the fabric and longer stitches on the reverse side
• Stem stitch:

  • Basically an outline stitch
  • Usually used for flower stems and outlines
  • Can be used as a filling, with rows of stem stitch worked closely together within a shape until it is filled