Embroidery Stitch Tutorials

Sometimes, a video tutorial really helps!

Mary Corbett’s Needle N’ Thread has just such tutorials, for free…

Of course, not every tutorial presented is appropriate for mid-century use. Take a look at

• Running stitch
• Whipped running stitch
• Backstitch
• Whipped backstitch
• Stem stitch
• Portuguese knotted stem stitch
• Outline stitch
• Split stitch
• Herringbone stitch (especially useful for fastening down seam allowances on wool petticoats and drawers!)
• Chain stitch
• Feather stitch
• Double feather stitch
• Blanket stitch (or the buttonhole variation for scalloped edgings)
• Seed stitch (seeding stitch, in period manuals)
• Padded satin stitch