Stitch Guide

Couching Stitch

Bring the laid thread up at the edge of the design line then the couching thread up just beyond this. Place the laid thread into position and work a small vertical ‘Couching’ stitch over it. Each of these stitches should be the same width as the laid thread and worked at equal intervals along it.

Fly Stitch

Bring the needle up at 1 then down at 2 without pulling the needle through the fabric. Bring the needle up again at 3, over the thread of the first stitch and pull it through. Make a short stitch to secure the ‘V’ shape and create one Fly Stitch. If you are working in lines, place the stitches side by side or below each other.

Lazy Daisy Stitch

Bring the needle up at 1 and down at 2, right next to where it first emerged, but without pulling the needle all the way through the fabric. Bring it up again at 3, with the thread under the needle. Pull the needle gently to form a loop. Secure the loop with a short stitch by pushing the needle through the fabric at 4.

Fishbone Stitch

Bring the needle out at the top of the shape and make a short vertical stitch. Bring the needle up at 1 slightly to the right following the shape outline. Take the needle diagonally down at 2 at the centre line below the first stitch. Bring it up at 3 on the left side and keep alternating these diagonal stitches from right to left.

French Knot

Bring the needle up at 1. Holding the thread with one hand, twist the needle around the thread twice. Insert the point of the needle into the fabric close to where the thread emerged, pull the thread to tighten the knot, then push the needle slowly through the fabric. Make a larger knot by increasing the number of twists.

Leaf Stitch

Bring the needle up at 1 at the top then down at 2. Bring the needle up again next to the first stitch but a little lower down, then repeat so you have three Straight Stitches. Fill the rest of the shape in the same way by working Straight Stitches down the shape, always coming up on the edge and down in the centre until filled.