How To Videos

Line Stitches & Bands

The Running Stitch

Whipped Running Stitch

Backstitch

Whipped Backstitch

Stem Stitch

Portuguese Knotted Stem Stitch

Coral Stitch

Outline Stitch

Couching

Split Stitch

Herringbone Stitch

Double Herringbone Stitch

Cretan Stitch

Chevron Stitch

Fern Stitch

Palestrina Stitch

Ladder Stitch

Mountmellick Stitch

Knotted Diamond Stitch

Basket Stitch

Scroll Stitch

Chain, Fly and Buttonhole Stitches

Chain Stitch

Twisted Chain Stitch

Crested Chain Stitch

Heavy Chain Stitch

Double Chain Stitch

Raised Chain Stitch Band

Alternating or Checkered Chain Stitch

Cable Chain Stitch

Rope Stitch

Rosette Chain Stitch

Wheat Stitch

Vandyke Stitch

Fly Stitch – Horizontal

Fly Stitch – Vertical

Feather Stitch

Double Feather Stitch

Blanket Stitch / Buttonhole Stitch

Buttonhole Wheels

Braid / Cable Plait Stitch

Spanish Knotted Feather Stitch

Detached Stitches & Knots

Lazy Daisy

Seed Stitch

Spider Web – Ribbed

Bullion Knots

French Knot

Colonial Knot

Oyster Stitch

Drizzle Stitch

Woven Picot

Raised Cup Stitch

Filling Stitches

Long & Short Stitch Shading

Fishbone Stitch

Cretan Stitch

Detatched Buttonhole Filling

Satin Stitch

Lattice Work

Bokhara Couching

Roumanian Couching

Trellis Stitch

Turkey Work (Ghiordes Knot)

Miscellaneous Embroidery Techniques

Bullion Rose Bud Video Tutorial

How To Use A Laying Tool

Hand embroidery is easier if you have someone around to show you how to do it. You can certainly find just about any hand embroidery stitch illustrated in a book, but it’s not quite the same as sitting down next to a friend who can walk you through the stitches. There are quite a few videos available on embroidery stitches, but I’ve noticed that they are either for special techniques (such as “crewel embroidery” or “ribbon embroidery”) or they are very expensive for only a few stitches. So I thought I’d see if I could manage a library of hand embroidery stitches on video.

The idea of making free videos of hand embroidery stitches came about mostly as an extension to my summer hand embroidery classes that I teach to kids (and now also to adults). It’s fun to teach embroidery, and it’s fun to see people learn to embroider. Why not let more people learn, by hosting the videos online for free?

Feel free to contact me if you have any specific stitch you would like to see on video, by the way. I’m always up to requests, and I plan for the stitch library to keep developing over the years.

And, in case you’re interested, here’s an old article about how I used to make the embroidery stitch video tutorials. Updated in 2010, things have changed a bit! Different equipment, lighting, and so forth have been added to the arsenal, so now I’m endeavoring to refurbish the old videos in the list here, and add some new ones along the way!

If you have problems playing the videos, please check out the Google Video Help Center on Solving Playback Issues, or the YouTube Help Center for the same. I find that the few people I hear from who have a problem viewing the videos solve their viewing problems by looking through the list of FAQs on those pages.

Check back often! As the stitches are posted, the links will be added.