You can create beautiful things with hand-sewing or knitting, but there is one technique in particular—embroidery—that can help you achieve gorgeous works of art to display in your home, give as gifts, or anything else you can think of!
Directions:
Learn the stitches:
1. Back Stitch: the most basic embroidery stitch; used to connect lines, or to outline designs to be filled in
2. Chain Stitch: looped stitch; can be on a curved or straight line
3. Detached Chain Stitch: looks like a teardrop or flower petal; formed by linking chain stitches together
4. Buttonhole Stitch: used to secure a fabric edge; finished stitch resembles the letter L
5. Satin Stitch: used to fill an outlined area; starts along the outline and works inward to cover a shape