For this beautifully stitched portrait of a Bearded Lady (pattern by Badbird), Angie used a wonderful selection of stitches. I spotted a back stitch, stem stitch, french knot, satin stitch, seed stitch, a chain stitch and a fly stitch. I consider these stitches, with addition of the split stitch, as especially useful to know and a great starting point for any stitchy repertoire. What stitch do you think is essential to know?
Actually, since I'm a newbie, I think this is wonderful that you shared essential stitches! ; ) Now, I have to find out what some of them are... lol!
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The back stitch, because of writing words and draw everithing, the running stitch and the french knot...
ReplyDeleteI think back stitch is the easiest one to master but I would also add long and short stitch.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your list, long and short stitch is also very useful when satin stitch doesn't do the job!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to add Lazy Daisy to the list.
ReplyDeleteI just love the palestrina stitch because it gives volume to the embroidery. I also use the stem stitch a lot to fill spaces. Would you like a video on how to make palestrina? Go to my flickr (www.flickr.com/bordadosdaana). There are some useful videos there...
ReplyDeleteWhat really appealed to me about embroidery when I was first learning (still does, actually) is that I could back stitch the entire thing if I wanted, and it would still look "done"! Unlike knitting or crocheting, where it always seemed there was something I hadn't mastered keeping me from accomplishing projects, hand embroidery could be as simple as little stitches like the ones I made sewing, just in bright colors.
ReplyDeleteThe backstitch is my "go to" stitch. It's simple, clean, and fast.
ReplyDeleteI pretty much use all the stitches you named but would have to say my favorite is the chain stitch :D Love your site, keep it coming!
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