How To Videos. Tutorials for Hand Embroidered Leaves. Do you want to add more variety to your hand embroidery projects by stitching different types of leaves or flowers?
After all, when you look at flowers and foliage in their natural setting, they’re rarely exactly the same! Since flowers and leaves are probably the most common motif in hand embroidery, it’s good to have a whole arsenal of stitching techniques on hand for embroidering them. Mary Corbet’s Needle ‘N Thread. Basic Stitches. All images and text appearing on this website are copyrighted by T A L L I A F E R R O and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or used in any fashion without the written permission of the creator.
Long and Short Stitches Only the outermost edge of the motif is actually worked in long and short stitches, with the smooth edge at the outside. After that, all the stitches are the same length, but laid into each other like bricks in a walkway.