Stitches

In every issue of STITCH with the Embroiderers' Guild, we illustrate and describe all the stitches used in the creative projects and workshops. Here on the web you will find just some of those projects and the stitches that they use. These are the basics - look in the magazine for exciting ways to explore and develop them...

stitch index

stitch thumbnail back stitch stitch thumbnail herringbone stitch
stitch thumbnail Bokhara couching  stitch thumbnail ladder stitch
stitch thumbnail broad chain stitch stitch thumbnail long and short stitch
stitch thumbnail bullion knots stitch thumbnail open chain stitch
stitch thumbnail buttonhole stitch stitch thumbnail Romanian couching
stitch thumbnail chain stitch stitch thumbnail running stitch
stitch thumbnail coral stitch stitch thumbnail satin stitch
stitch thumbnail couching stitch thumbnail seeding
stitch thumbnail Cretan stitch stitch thumbnail shisha stitch
stitch thumbnail Cross stitch stitch thumbnail split stitch
stitch thumbnail cup stitch stitch thumbnail star stitch
stitch thumbnail detached buttonhole stitch stitch thumbnail stem stitch
 detached chain stitch stitch thumbnail straight stitch
stitch thumbnail double cross stitch stitch thumbnail twisted chain stitch
 fly stitch stitch thumbnail wheels
stitch thumbnail freestyle cross stitch stitch thumbnail woven picots
stitch thumbnail French knots    

cover of issue 63