Embroidery Stitch Books

Some of my favorite stitches from two of the stitch sampler books “pages” are featured here.

The method I used to put the books together is shown in the two following posts:

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Each book front features one of my favorite stitches from each stitch group shown in that particular book.

The backs of the stitch sampler books show a list of each stitch group in the book in the order listed.

Left-hand page: Running.
Right-hand page: Whipped running, seed, looped.

Left-hand page: Stem, stem whipped, split, split whipped.
Right-hand page: Cable, outline.

Left-hand page: straight stitch filling, rice, moss, granitos, fan, radiating.
Right-hand page: Raised, Algerian eye, ermine, eyelet wheel, flower.

Left-hand-page: Diamond eyelet, eyelet.
Right-hand page: Fern stitch.

Left-hand page: Cretan stitch.
Right-hand page: Knotted Cretan, slanted.

Left-hand page: Wheatear, feathered chain.
Right-hand page: Spike knotted cable, beaded, Vandyke, triple chain.

Left-hand page: Blanket stitch, whipped, long & short.
Right-hand page: Up & down feathered, berwick.

Right-hand page: All of the Buttonhole Wheels.

Left-hand page: Colonial, french knots, pearl.

Left-hand page: All of the Palestrina stitches.