The Easy Little Fly Stitch It’s all about the fly stitch today because it’s so similar to the fishbone stitch which I went over in my last blog post. I used it to create leaves and I’m going to do the same with the fly stitch so you can compare the two and get a good grasp on how they’re…

Three Variations of the Fishbone Stitch The fishbone stitch is one of my favorite embroidery stitches for creating leaves and feathers. It’s fun, simple, and it can fill in a shape fairly quickly. It resembles a satin stitch in some ways but it’s very much different. The satin stitch runs up and down, left to right, or side to side.…

Sometimes, Wonderful Things Come in Small Packages… Like the Seed Stitch! … and this is true of the wonderfully simple but lovely seed stitch, also known as the rice stitch. What the seed stitch really is is a single straight stitch, going from point A to point B to create a small line. It’s truly that simple. It has very…

Stem Stitch vs. Outline Stitch It’s another day and another embroidery stitch tutorial. Let’s dive into the stem stitch and the outline stitch. They both have a lovely twist, like a rope with a fairly consistent width. The stem stitch and outline stitch are great for outlines, creating stems for flowers, and curves. They create nice solid lines and they…

The Lovely Lazy Daisy Stitch is Easy & Versatile When I first dove into embroidery, one of the stitches I wanted to learn right away was the lazy daisy stitch. I didn’t know what it was called at the time but I had seen it in lots of embroidery art. I thought they were super cute and adorable, and when…

The Split Stitch vs. The Split Back Stitch It’s time for another simple embroidery stitch tutorial! We’re going to focus on the split stitch and split back stitch. I want to cover both at the same time because they look very similar to each other and begin basically the same way, but they have a couple of differences worth mentioning.…