Hand embroidery

F I R S T  &  S E C O N D  T U T O R I A L S

In our first hand embroidery tutorial we learnt 6 different stitches. From left to right are french knots, running stitch, satin stitch, chain stitch, blanket stitch, herringbone and fagotting ( same technique but are used in different ways). 

In the following tutorial we then got to learn more techniques and these included couching and shisha. 

Couching

This sample below demonstrates couching. This is where you couch something down onto another fabric, here I have used a think yarn and couched over it using satin stitch. 

 Shisha

In order to shisha you have to use a base so here I have used a penny and a circle of card. First you secure the circle and loop around using the inside square. I really liked this technique although it took a lot longer than the other techniques we learnt.