Woven embroidery stitches

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You can learn how to stitch a whipped wheel and a woven wheel for hand embroidery on the stitch fun sampler with this easy tutorial.

You might remember that, last autumn, I was fiddling around a bit with some fun needle woven fillings that can be used to add color, texture, and pattern to large areas of embroidery. Needle weaving is pretty much just weaving embroidery thread on the surface of fabric. In concept, it's not too

And here is one more stitch you can use for working dimensional flowers! It probably will be the last stitch in the series of “dimensional flowers” tutorials. If you missed any of the previous ones, you can catch up in the links below: Spider web rose + ribbed spider web stitch Looped blanket stitch rose + Turkey stitch flower Cast-on stitch rose Naturally, there are many more techniques and stitches but I guess it is already enough for working a simple but pretty bouquet or a filed of…

Remember last week when we chatted about needle weaving as a filling? Well, I’m still playing around with the possibilities. See, that’s the problem whenever I engage in any type of sampler. I get Well and Truly Stuck in it. I’m playing particularly with woven fillings because I’m working on an article for Commonthread by ...

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Burden stitch is a lovely stitch for filling areas of your embroidery. It creates a good texture and can be stitched in different ways to mix this up.

Weave stitch is something in between embroidery and weaving. First, stitches are made in vertical, parallel lines. Then, the other stitches are made horizontally, weaving through the horizontal/vertical stitches at a straight angle. It is excellent for darning. If woven tightly, it can totally cover the hole or a stain. It is widely used in visible mending projects on woven fabrics and knitwear. Also, you can use it to embroider woven objects like hats, baskets, or furniture. Click to learn…

A step-by-step tutorial for stitching Cable Stitch. This simple embroidery stitch alternates stem and outline stitch to create a brick-like texture.