• Embroidery

    Cast-On Buttonhole Bar

    There are a few variations of this stitch in the video clip on this page.  They are listed in the table below, in the order is which they appear, with the starting time for each variety in the right-hand column.  Basic Cast-On Buttonhole Bar 5 seconds Lazy Daisy Cast-On Buttonhole Bar (single) 1 minute 18 seconds Lazy Daisy Cast-On Buttonhole…

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    French and Colonial Knots

    There are numerous knots in the video clip on this page.  They are listed in the table below, in the order is which they appear, with the starting time for each variety in the right-hand column.  French Knots – single wrap 11 seconds French Knots – two wraps 33 seconds Colonial Knots 1 minute 6 seconds French Knots – multiple…

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    Detached Chain Stitch

    There are varieties of detached chain stitch in the video clip on this page.  They are listed in the table below, in the order is which they appear, with the starting time for each variety in the right-hand column.  Basic detached chain stitch 3 seconds Double detached chain stitch 55 seconds Triple detached chain stitch 2 minutes 49 seconds In…

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    Buttonhole Stitch Eyelets

    Whilst normally worked with a single strand of stranded cotton or silk, the sample in the video is worked with perle #5 thread, for the sake of clarity.  There is a second sample worked with perle #12 thread.  Neither of them uses the threads that you would use to work on a project but with these threads, you should be…

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    Chain Stitch with Variations

    There are varieties of chain stitch in the video clip on this page.  They are listed in the table below, in the order is which they appear, with the starting time for each variety in the right-hand column.  Basic traditional chain stitch 9 seconds Reverse chain stitch 48 seconds Chain stitch/backstitch combination 2 minutes 27 seconds Whipped chain stitch 3…

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    Bullion Knots with Variations

    There are a few varieties worked with and around bullion knots in the video clip on this page.  They are listed in the table below, in the order is which they appear, with the starting time for each variety in the right-hand column.  Basic Bullion Knots 4 seconds Bullion Lazy Daisy 5 minutes 42 seconds Bullion Lazy Daisy (double) 6…

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    Blanket and Buttonhole Stitch

    Downloadable and printable PDF instructions. Essentially the same thing, the only difference between the two stitches is the spacing between them.   They are listed in the table below, in the order is which they appear in the video clip at the bottom of the tuition page, with the starting time for each stitch in the right-hand column.  Blanket Stitch 9…

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    Backstitch and its Variations

    There are numerous iterations of backstitch in the video clip at the bottom of this page.  They are listed in the table below, in the order is which they appear, with the starting time for each variety in the right-hand column.  Basic Backstitch 10 seconds Whipped Backstitch 4 minutes 6 seconds Laced Backstitch 4 minutes 49 seconds Interlaced Backstitch 5…