Different kinds of stitches

Simple loops can make so much! The Chain Stitch family of stitches is one of the biggest families with almost 50 different kinds of stitches!

I love ombre. Whether it's on a dress, or on a wall, I just love the effect. And for a while now I've been mulling over the idea of creating an ombre embroidery sampler. (I should add here that Wordpress wants me to correct "ombre" to "hombre". I think that would be a very different piece…

Thank you to all of you who wrote about your favorite stitch this past week for the 2000 Likes on Facebook Giveaway. I loved hearing your descriptions of how certain stitches bring back sweet memor…

Stitches! 🪡

Embroidery is a beautiful craft which includes different types of stitches. If you are a beginner looking for a tutorial on how to start embroidery with basic stitches, this one may be for you. Here I collected a number of embroidery stitches which is suitable for variety of design patterns. There are different types of […]

Fly Stitch Family belongs to the looped stitch family and is like the cousin family of the Feather Stitch family. This Family has all kinds of stitches- isolated, linear, filling, and overlapping. The isolated stitches are super fun to work with as scattered fillings too. They are used to do fillings on common motifs like leaves, and also placed in circular formations to make floral patterns. Try them out and you will find yourself experimenting in different ways with it.

This page gives you an idea of how the reverse of the basic stitches looks like. As a beginner, we are curious to know how the reverse or the back-side should end up - just to make sure that we are stitching the right way. So, I have picked the...

Learn how to make a buttonhole stitch and its many uses in sewing other than to make the hand made buttoholes

Which stitch is best for sewing jersey knits? Here you’ll learn about the types of stitches for stretch knits on a regular sewing machine.

Basic Stitches Britannica Online Encyclopedia Dressmaking is a craft of making dresses. It is the basis and the start of the fashion world. When you make dresses, you will be called a dressmaker or historically, modiste. Learning the basics of...

(Image courtesy of http://0.tqn.com/d/diyfashion/) With our focus being upon obtaining a Sewing Kit this week, I thought it would be most helpful to review some basic stiches. (Image courtesy of http://www.sewdresses.com/) Okay, so you see the stitches, when and what do you use them for? Check out these links for more information! http://www.alternative-windows.com/stitches.htm http://cyberseams.com/article/105045/basics/how_to_sew_by_hand_basic_stitches.html…

Finishing your first sweater!

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Description Download for printable PDF file Here are the (admittedly, very simple) instructions for (again, admittedly, very simple) hand sewing stitches. These were put together for the class we're teaching next week, but I thought some of you may want to know some basic hand sewing techniques, too, so I'm uploading this as well! This is specifically meant to work with my Simple Bag Tutorial, but shall work for any time you're looking to sew something! And, yes, because someone is going to…