November 14, 2014
16 Stitches to Add Texture & Dimension to Hand Embroidery
The fun thing about free style surface embroidery is that you can add texture and dimension here and there, just by changing up the stitches a bit.
Flowers, for example, don’t have to be embroidered just in daisy stitch. Lines and borders sometimes need a bit more oomph to them than backstitch or stem stitch can supply.
Leaves in a flat satin stitch or fishbone stitch certainly have their place and are beautiful, but what if you want a leaf that actually sticks up off the surface of your embroidery project?
Here’s a collection of 16 hand embroidery stitch tutorials that can help you easily add texture and dimension to your embroidery projects.
