Hello Crafters!

This post is dedicated to anyone who wants to start embroidery. Embroidery is such a fun craft because you can create limitless projects even with just a small bit of embroidery knowledge. From there you can gradually expand your skills and become a real pro!

The four stitches that I’ll be teaching you in this tutorial are the first four stitches that most people learn when they start down the path of embroidering. Each stitch has a photo tutorial and a quick video so you can use whatever method works best for you.

Using just these four stitches you will be able to create a ton of awesome projects including my Happy Llama embroidery pattern which you can now instantly download from my shop 🙂

Embroidery Supplies

As with any hobby there are all sorts of cool gizmos and gadgets that you can purchase to enhance your experience. But the great thing about embroidery is that you can start with the bare minimum and get the same things accomplished.

The basic supplies you will need to start embroidery are:

• embroidery thread
• needle
• fabric / canvas
• scissors

That’s it! I strongly recommend an embroidery hoop as well. Using an embroidery hoop makes it a lot easier to hold onto your work and keep your stitches even.

Backstitch

Backstitch is a such a staple stitch. It is the first stitch that I learnt and I use it in almost every project. This is an outline stitch 90% of the time so you will find a use for it again and again!

French Knot

The french knot is an embroidery stitch that can give your work a lot of character! It creates a small donut shaped knot that can be used on it’s own or in clusters to create a really cool texture.

Satin Stitch

Satin stitch is the most common fill stitch. Using multiple strands you can quickly fill large areas with this stitch!

Fishbone Stitch

Fishbone stitch is a really cool looking embroidery stitch, yet it is pretty simple to do! It is usually used when embroidering leaves as it easily works into that shape but it can be used anywhere.

I hope you had fun learning these embroidery stitches! I would love to hear about your embroidery projects or any questions that you have in the comments below.

Happy crafting!