How to Hand Embroider Buttonholed Double Chain

Buttonholed Double Chain is an unusual variety of Double Chain. This version of double chain is buttonholed and can feel messy and a little awkward.  Once past the first few stitches, it takes on a form, settles down, and behaves. How to work Buttonholed Double Chain stitch Work Buttonholed Double Chain stitch downwards …

Tulip Stitch or Slipped Detached Chain Stitch

Slipped Detached chain stitch sounds like a mouthful, but it is a simple and versatile stitch. Often called tulip stitch because that is what it can look like, it is one of those quick and easy stitches that lends itself to variation. It is so simple that people overlook slipped detached chain as a stitch …

Fancy Hem Stitch tutorial

Fancy Hem Stitch is a simple quick stitch which I think people will enjoy. Crazy quilters I am sure will see immediately how useful it can be. Embroiderers will enjoy it not only in use on edgings but also work row upon row as a filling stitch. I first discovered …

How to hand Embroider a Buttonhole bar

Buttonhole bar is often used in traditional pulled and drawn needlework or in combination with needle weaving. However it is an underestimated stitch as if you use it in a freeform manner it is interesting, fun and I find it highly addictive! Buttonhole bar is also easier to sew than most people realise. …

Scroll Stitch

At first glance, Scroll Stitch does not look too exciting — but it is one of those stitches where you can use different threads to create all sorts of interesting effects, from a braid-like stitch to a line of spaced knots. You can work it on a tight curve, and …

Up and Down Feathered Buttonhole Stitch

Let’s make twiggy bits! Up and Down Feathered Buttonhole stitch is ideal to use for thorny stems in floral sprays. This is a stitch I often use, and I think most embroiderers and crazy quilters will particularly enjoy, as it makes wonderful twiggy bits — particularly if you treat them …

Diamond Stitch

Even though Diamond Stitch is normally worked between two parallel rows, it can be stacked or worked free-form. As a stitch, it is versatile enough to produce some interesting effects, as the pattern it creates as you work it row upon row is interesting and can be further enhanced with …