CHAPTER 2Stitch Library

NOW THAT YOU’RE A LITTLE MORE FAMILIAR with the basics of embroidery and have had a moment to flip through the patterns, it’s time to familiarize yourself with the basic stitches you’ll need to get stitching! Whether you’re a pro with embroidery floss or just beginning to learn the art form, my hope is that the following section of the book will give you a good understanding of some workhorse embroidery stitches.

FESTIVE STITCH SAMPLER

I designed the festive stitch sampler (on the next page) to correlate with ...

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