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Embroidery stitch charts: basic stitches, flower stitches and steps

Embroidery stitch charts — a reference sheet of six basic embroidery stitches in a two-by-three grid, each drawn as a short sample line and labelled "Running", "Back", "Stem", "Split", "Chain", "Satin", tidy reference sheet, each stitch drawn large as a thin line on fabric weave dots with the needle path shown by arrows
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Reading 1Basic stitches
Reading 2Flower stitches
Reading 3Step by step

People learning hand embroidery keep a stitch chart beside the hoop, to see how each stitch looks and how the needle moves. These nine cover six basic stitches, four flower stitches and a step-by-step chain stitch. Each comes as a tidy reference sheet, a sheet with thread-coloured stitches, or samples in a small hoop. Type a different stitch and the same sheet layout carries it.

  • a beginner's hoop reference
  • a classroom stitch sheet
  • a gift for a new embroiderer
  • a step guide for one stitch

Frequently asked questions

Which stitches are on the basic sheet?
Running, back, stem, split, chain and satin, each drawn large with its label.
Does the step sheet show the needle?
Yes. The four panels show the needle coming up and going down through the fabric, with arrows for the thread path.
Which style is easiest to read?
The reference sheet, with each stitch drawn as a clear line.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.