100 Days of Embroidery
The goal of my 100 Days project was to expand my very limited repertoire of embroidery stitches. I worked my way through the book, “Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches,” and completed 1 stitch a day for 100 days.
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Pekinese stitch
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Stem stitch
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Overcast stitch
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Chain stitch
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Coral stitch
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Broad chain stitch
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Portuguese knotted stem stitch
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Feather stitch
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Wheatear stitch
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Basque stitch
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Loop stitch
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Closed buttonhole stitch
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Braid stitch
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Running stitch
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Whipped back stitch
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Romanian stitch
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Open cretan stitch
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Outline stitch
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Split stitch
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Twisted chain stitch
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Cable stitch
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Buttonhole stitch
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Single feather stitch
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Whipped chain stitch
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Heavy chain stitch
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Blanket stitch
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Whipped running stitch
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Holbein stitch
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Back stitch
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Whipped stem stitch
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Back stitched chain stitch
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Knotted chain stitch
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Chequered chain stitch
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Knotted cable stitch
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Double knot stitch
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Basque knot
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Pearl stitch
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Scroll stitch
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Rope stitch
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Couching
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Satin couching
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Crossed buttonhole stitch
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Double buttonhole stitch
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Knotted buttonhole stitch
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Tailor's buttonhole stitch
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Closed feather stitch
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Double feather stitch
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Spanish knitted feather stitch
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Maidenhair stitch
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Cretan stitch
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Scottish cretan stitch
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Zigzag coral stitch
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Basket stitch
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Rosette chain stitch
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Zigzag chain stitch
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Petal stitch
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Sword-edging stitch
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Cross stitch
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Alternate cross stitch
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Belgian cross stitch
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Russian cross stitch
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Marking cross stitch
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Zigzag stitch
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Chinese stitch
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Fern stitch
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Spine chain stitch
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Roman stitch
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Chevron stitch
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Fly stitch
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Plaited fly stitch
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Breton stitch
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Sienese stitch
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Berwick stitch
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Knitted pearl stitch
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Bonnet stitch
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Zigzag cable stitch
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Open chain stitch
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Double chain stitch
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Crested chain stitch
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Feather chain stitch
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Herringbone stitch
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Close herringbone stitch
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Double back stitch
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Paris stitch
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Two-sided plaited Spanish stitch
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One-sided insertion stitch
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Two-sides insertion stitch
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Vandyke stitch
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Ladder stitch
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Thorn stitch
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Threaded back stitch
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Laced double running stitch
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Herringbone ladder filling stitch
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French knot
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Danish knot
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Sham hem stitch
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Digital woven band
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Swedish split stitch
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Cross & twist stitch
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Spaced buttonhole filling