Closed herringbone is a variety of herringbone where the stitch is worked so closely together that it forms a line of crossed stitches. On the back of the fabric it will show a two lines of back stitches. Closed Herringbone is also known as Otomi stitch and Double Backstitch. Another …
Chained bar stitch forms a solid line, ideal for borders, or you can use it to couch down ribbons, tape, or flat braids. Create the foundation of this stitch by first laying down some long, straight stitches. Between two and six straight stitches in DMC pearl 3 thread works well. …
Double Herringbone version 1 is also known as Indian herringbone stitch. Work by first laying a foundation row of herringbone stitch. Work another row of herringbone. On every second stitch, slide the needle under the cross bar created by the first row of stitches. This means that the second row of …
Beaded buttonhole is fun version of regular buttonhole – and there are lots of varieties to explore with this too. It is advisable that you know how to work regular buttonhole stitch before embarking on this variety. With this stitch the beading is done during the stitching process not added …
Beaded Vandyke stitch as the name suggests is a beaded version of the very popular Vandyke stitch. If you need to jog your memory directions on how to work it are here. Regular Vandyke stitch is often used as a border which means the beaded version would make a nice edging on …
Feathered Chain Stitch is made up of long-tailed chain stitch worked in a zig-zag manner. Long-tail chain is simply a chain stitch with a long tie stitch. If you are a beginner, you need to be able to work chain stitch before doing this variety. Work each long tail chain …
Looped Cretan Stitch I discovered Looped Cretan stitch in an old embroidery book. It is called Looped Cretan, and the beaded version is my adaptation, which includes adding a bead. It is really useful to know the foundation stitch, which is, of course, Cretan stitch. Here, I worked both samples using …
