Embroidery for quilters! 5 easy stitches to embellish your quilting projects, suitable for beginners

Do you want to add some decoration to your quilting and patchwork projects but don't know where to start? I show you five easy stitches and variations of them that would be perfect for adding to a quilt as well as the practicalities of doing so, how to go about a design for your quilt embroidery and there is even a free design for you to have a go with!

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[lauraobrien]

Hi Sarah, you make embroidery look so easy and relaxing. Thanks.

[sandramyer]

I love your teaching of various embroidery for a quilt- thank you, Sarah! 💕❤️

[hilarycare]

Fantastic way of making the stitches look so easy thank you ….Hulary

[GnomeNation-gd]

At 66 years old in learning something new. What a great teacher you are. I'm not one to learn from pictures or a book, I need hands on. And you're just the right person to lead me on this journey. Thank you

[patriciaritter]

I love embroidery. Thank you for sharing some new ways to use it with my quilts.

[quiltingforthesoul]

Hello my name is Sarah as well. I enjoyed your videos keep up the good work. I’m new to your channel. God bless you and your family have a blessed evening.

[GSDsforever]

My first thought was how wonderful these stitches could be used for enhancing quilt labels you attach to the quilts you make. Secondly, I'd like to use some old quilt blocks (or make new ones) and embroider them and then make some needle cases and book covers. Sarah, you really inspire our creativity! Blessings from Kansas USA

[joyfuller]

Buttonhole stitch and blanket stitch are very different. Blanket stitch is very simple, and versatile. Buttonhole stitch has the thread taken around the needle and gives a 'knotted' edge, as you see on hand made buttonholes. Not to be confused. Buttonhole stitch is used in dressmaking. I went to finishing school and did dressmaking, and we did some very fine work, but not embroidery.
Joy Fuller
Cambridge

[doreensherk]

I just happened upon your video, thank you, I have been looking for embroidery sitiching, you were clear and easily understood. Thank you for sharing.

[andie.a]

So excited to try these on the EPP quilt I'm working on. ❤

[GinetteorGinny]

Sarah, I am so happy I joined your group on Facebook, with a huge variety of taste in colors, stitches, fabrics. Thank you so much for connecting me to such a nice group of people from all over the world. Starting to recognize some of their names and artistic personality. I am a quilter and I include embroidery when I can. Also love appliques. Have a wonderful day!

[poodlegirl]

I see that I was pulling too tight with the Lazy Daisy. Thanks Sarah.

[SummaGirl]

Such helpful tutorials. Please do a video on seam embroidery stitches for crazy quilting. Traditional Victorian seam embroidery motifs would be especially appreciated. There are several excellent books on the subject but, a live demonstration would be very helpful. Thank you!

[fiberjazz]

Thanks for the video, Sarah! I especially appreciate your discussion of design considerations. I really like the way the tall, straight flower stems echo the lines of your striped fabric and that the rigidness of all the straight lines is softened by the curved, more organic feel of the appliquéd flower bed. It strikes me as a really strong yet well-balanced statement & is quite pleasing to my senses. (Edited to fix typo! 😯)

[marijkeschellenbach]

Very timely video as I am completing a hand quilted quilt and am deciding how to finish the border. Thanks Sarah! So happy to have found you!

[helen]

Hi Sarah thanks for sharing this, I'm going to hand stitch a quilt, sometime soon, I'm gathering in fabric and planning in my head what I have to do as I've not made one before - eek, I'm alittle bit nervous but also excited and I love the idea of adding embroidery detail. Wish me luck 😊 Helen (patron member)

[nancyc]

I love your videos. I have learned so much! Thank you!

[judithdaus]

Weaving one color around the other color is super!

[jokebos]

Sarah,
Thank you for sharing this with us👍🥰🥰
Groetjes Joke 🙋🏻‍♀️

[emiliabarbosa]

What a delight! Thank you, Sarah, I can't wait to play with all these stitch variations 🎉