Seed stitch
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Cloud filling stitch


Using brick stitch to blend different colors of floss


Brick stitch (aka "long and short" stitch)


Basket filling stitch


Detached chain stitch flowers


Three Step Embroidered Flowers


French knot cluster flowers


The "window method" for transferring designs onto fabric


Turkey work


Two ways to chain stitch

Split back stitch


Transferring a design onto fabric with a white water-erasable pen

Detached chain stitch


Filling in a space with split back stitch

Following a curve with whipped back stitch


How to stitch a thistle flower


Essential Supplies for Embroidery