Embroidery Stitch Guide: Videos and Tutorials for Hand Embroidery

Want to learn a specific embroidery stitch? Have questions about why your stitches aren't turning out? Or maybe you're just looking to expand your hand embroidery stitch knowledge?

Use this post as an embroidery stitch guide to find all of my hand embroidery stitch videos and step-by-step tutorials. You'll find beginner-friendly basic embroidery stitches like the satin stitch, back stitch, and French knot as well as more intricate and advanced embroidery stitches like the woven picot stitch and the cast on stitch. You'll even find variations of stitches!

Hand Embroidery Stitch Guide: Video and Step-By-Step Tutorials

Stitch tutorials are updated regularly. If you do not see a hyper-link on a specific stitch, those videos and step-by-step instructions are in the works and will be added soon.

Back Stitch

• Back Stitch

• Split Back Stitch

Basket Weave/ Woven Stitch

• Also see Needle Weaving Stitches

• Basket Weave/ Woven Stitch

• Ribbed Spider Web Stitch

• Woven Picot Stitch

• Detached Base Woven Picot Stitch

• Detached Base Woven Picot Chain Stitch

• Woven Wagon Wheel

Bullion Knot

• Bullion Knot

Buttonhole Stitch and Variations

• Buttonhole Stitch

• Restarting/ Changing Colors with the Buttonhole Stitch

• Corded Detached Buttonhole Stitch

• Detached Buttonhole Filling Stitch

Cast On Stitch and Variations

• Cast On Stitch

• Multi-Needle Cast On Stitch

• Detached Cast On Buttonhole Petal Stitch

• Double Needle Cast On Flower Stitch

Chain Stitch and Variations

• Back Stitched Chain Stitch

• Cable Chain Stitch

• Chain Stitch

• Heavy Chain Stitch

• Interlaced Chain Stitch

• Raised Chain Stitch

• Reverse Chain Stitch

• Russian Chain Stitch

• Twisted Chain Stitch

• Wave Chain Stitch

• Zig Zag Chain Stitch
  

Chinese Knot

• Chinese Knot

Colonial Knot

• Colonial Knot

Couching

• Couching Stitch

• Trailing Couching Stitch

Cross Stitch

• Cross Stitch

Detached Chain/ Lazy Daisy Stitch and Variations

• Detached Chain/Lazy Daisy Stitch

• Detached Chain Leaf Fill Stitch

• Detached Popcorn Lazy Daisy Stitch

Drizzle Stitch

• Drizzle Stitch

• Beaded Drizzle Stitch

Ending Thread

• Sinking Thread

• Slip Knot

• Square Knot

Fabric Slip

• Fabric Slip

Feather Stitch

• Feather Stitch

Fly Stitch Variations

• Fly Stitch

• Close Fly Stitch

• Long Tailed Fly Stitch

Four-Legged Knot

• Four-Legged Knot

French Knot

• French Knot

Herringbone Stitch and Variations

• Closed Raised Herringbone Stitch

Knots- Decorative

• Bullion Knot

• Chinese Knot

• Colonial Knot

• Danish Knot

• Four-Legged Knot

• French Knot

• Pistil Stitch

Lacing

• Lacing

Ladder Stitch

• Ladder Stitch

• Beaded Ladder Stitch

Leaf Stitch and Variations

• Leaf Stitch

• Detached Chain Leaf Fill Stitch

Needle Weaving Stitches

• Basket Weave/ Woven Stitch

• Needle Weaving

• Needle Weaving Bar

• Woven Picot Stitch

• Detached Base Woven Picot Stitch

• Woven Wagon Wheel

Pistil Stitch

• Pistil Stitch

Raised Cup Stitch

• Raised Cup Stitch

  
  

Rhodes Stitch

• Rhodes Stitch

Ribbed Spider Web Stitch

• Ribbed Spider Web Stitch

Running Stitch

• Running Stitch

• Sashiko Mending

Satin Stitch and Variations

• Long and Short Satin Stitch

• Radial Satin Stitch

• Satin Stitch

• Satin Leaf Stitch

• Thread Painting for Stumpwork

• Tucked Satin Stitch

Seed Stitch

• Seed Stitch

• Beaded Seed Stitch

Spiral Trellis Stitch

• Spiral Trellis Stitch

  
  

Stab Stitch

• Stab Stitch

Starting Thread

• Covered Stitches Start

• Laid Thread Start

• Loop Start

• Quilter's Knot

• Waste Knot

Stem Stitch

• Stem Stitch

Straight Stitch

• Straight Stitch

Tassel Stitch

• Tassel Stitch

Thread Painting

• Thread Painting for Stumpwork

Turkey Work

• Turkey Work Stitch

Wire Slip

• Wire Slip

Wire Wrap

• Wire Wrap

  
  

Woven Picot Stitch

• Woven Picot Stitch

• Detached Base Woven Picot Stitch

• Detached Base Woven Picot Chain Stitch

Woven Wagon Wheel

• Woven Wagon Wheel

Wrapped Beads

• Wrapped Beads

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Looking for more helpful embroidery tips, supplies, and hands-on workshops?

Workshops

Join Melissa Galbraith of MCreativeJ for a hands-on workshop! Melissa makes hand embroidery easy with a wide variety of embroidery classes. Classes are beginner-friendly to advanced and will walk you through a wide variety of stitches, techniques, and designs.

Find all upcoming workshops at: www.mcreativej.com/upcoming-seattle-events

Embroidery Books

Want a great hand embroidery reference? Try one of Melissa's hand embroidery books! Each book is great for beginners and breaks down materials, stitches, techniques, and projects for you.