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.

Arrowhead Stitch

• Arrowhead Stitch

Back Stitch

• Back Stitch

• Split Back Stitch

• Whipped Back Stitch

Basket Weave/ Woven Stitch and Variations

• See Needle Weaving Stitches

Bullion Knot

• Bullion Knot

Buttonhole Stitch and Variations

• Buttonhole Stitch

• Restarting/ Changing Colors with the Buttonhole Stitch

• Corded Detached Buttonhole Stitch

• Detached Buttonhole Bar Stitch

• Buttonhole Couching

• Detached Buttonhole Filling Stitch

• Buttonhole Mend

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

• Wheatear Stitch

• Zig Zag Chain Stitch
  

Colonial Knot

• Colonial Knot

Coral Stitch

• Coral Stitch

Couching and Variations

• Battlement Couching

• Bokhara Couching

• Burden Stitch

• Buttonhole Couching

• Couching Stitch

• Couched Circle

• Jacobean Couching

• Persian Boarder Stitch

• Plaid Filling Stitch

• Tassel Stitch

• Thorn Stitch

• Trailing Couching Stitch

• Trellis Stitch

Cretan Stitch

• Cretan Stitch

Cross Stitch

• Cross Stitch

Crows Foot

• Crows Foot

Danish Knot

• Danish Knot

  
  

Detached Chain/ Lazy Daisy Stitch and Variations

• Berry Stitch

• Detached Chain/Lazy Daisy Stitch

• Detached Chain Leaf Fill Stitch

• Detached Popcorn Lazy Daisy Stitch

• Long Tailed Lazy Daisy Stitch

• Tulip Stitch

Drizzle Stitch

• Drizzle Stitch

• Continuous Drizzle Stitch

• Multi-Bead Drizzle Stitch

• Single Bead Drizzle Stitch

Ending Thread

• Sinking Thread

• Slip Knot

• Square Knot

Ermine Star

• Ermine Star/Star Stitch

Fabric Slip

• Fabric Slip

Fan Stitch

• Fan Stitch

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

Granitos Stitch

• Granitos Stitch

Herringbone Stitch and Variations

• Closed Raised Herringbone Stitch

• Double Herringbone Stitch

• Herringbone Stitch

Knots- Decorative

• Bullion Knot

• Chinese Knot

• Colonial Knot

• Danish Knot

• Four-Legged Knot

• French Knot

• Peking Knot

• Pistil Stitch

Lacing

• Lacing

Ladder Stitch

• Ladder Stitch

• Beaded Ladder Stitch

Leaf Stitch and Variations

• Leaf Stitch

• Detached Chain Leaf Fill Stitch

Mending Stitches

• Arrowhead Stitch

• Buttonhole Mend

• Crows Foot

• Needle Weaving

• Running Stitch/Sashiko

• Star Darn

Needle Weaving Stitches

• Basket Weave/ Woven Stitch

• Needle Weaving

• Detached Needle Weaving Petal/Shell

• Needle Weaving Bar

• Woven Picot Stitch

• Detached Base Woven Picot Stitch

• Detached Base Woven Picot Chain

• Woven Wagon Wheel

Padding

• String Padding

Peking Knot Stitch

• Peking Knot

Pekinese Stitch

• Pekinese Stitch

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

• Raised Seed Stitch

Sheaf Stitch

• Sheaf Stitch

Spiral Trellis Stitch

• Spiral Trellis Stitch

  
  

Stab Stitch

• Stab Stitch

Star Darn

• Star Darn

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

Trellis Stitch

• Trellis Stitch

Tulip Stitch

• Tulip Stitch

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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Workshops

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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.