The detached chain stitch, also known as the "lazy daisy" or just "daisy" stitch, is an isolated stitch - that is, it stands on its own as a stitch, without being connected to another stitch. The detached chain stitch is a very popular embroidery stitch, because it's an easy and pretty stitch. It's
The fishbone stitch is an easy hand embroidery stitch that works great for creating filled leaves and petal shapes. You can use the stitch for other applications, too, but the fishbone stitch is most often seen as a filling for leaves. This is because it creates a satin-stitch-like filling, with a n
The stem stitch rose is pretty simple in concept. The most complicated part about it is the center knot that’s often used to start the rose. But I’ll let you in on a little secret below, after we go through the standard steps for the starting knot, in case you want to skip the knot altogether. You can make any size roses with this technique. We’ll discuss that below, too. Materials Used ...
This stitch is particularly fun, because it's colorful, it's a little complex, but it still works up fairly quickly. Griffin Stitch is a lattice filling used in hand embroidery, counted work, and canvas work.
The templates are organized by stitch family, so each group of decorative lines – all of which make for great crazy quilting seams or sampler-developing on larger stitch samplers – centers around one basic stitch. For example, in the photo above, that group of templates on that page all belong to the buttonhole stitch family.