Chain stitch filling embroidery

Watch this video tutorial and learn how to use a chain stitch filling to fill extensive areas of your hand embroidery design!

Follow our step-by-step photo tutorials for basic embroidery stitches! We will guide you through each stitch and give you project ideas to practice.

One of the things I love most about hand embroidery is all the different textures you can create with the same fabric and thread depending on what stitches you use. What’s even more fun is taking a traditional stitch and using it in a new way. Using the chain stitch as a fill stitch rather than an o

What is the chain stitch and how do I use it? The chain stitch is made up of several interlocking loops, or single chain stitches....

All the waste knots cut, all the threads secured – ’tis the finish of this second practice piece on my quest to learn how to wield a tambour hook with accuracy, (relative) speed, and ease. When working with the tambour needle – and really, when working in any embroidery technique – practice is essential if ...

We labeled at least 8 among the popular techniques in embroidery designs and you may refer to this list as your guide in which embroidery stitch to use...

Watch this video tutorial and learn how to use a chain stitch filling to fill extensive areas of your hand embroidery design!

In this stitch, each loop in the sequence will look like the ‘red ribbon’. To achieve this, we always put in the needle on the left of the previous stitch point. This slight ‘dislocation’ of the needle towards the left twists the base of each...