Basic Embroidery Stitches used in Historical Works

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I am an artist and teacher. I have been making art since as far back as I can remember. I love to paint, sew, hand make all the things. I started my electronic journey of filming and posting back in 2015, though in 2017 with my Daily Devotion work, worked through my camera fears and posting on a public forum. Then I decided to become a little more serious in my endeavors to create content for other artisans. 2019 was a difficult year on all counts, personal and professional. 2020 is a new year and I am eager to continue with this project. I do Custom, commission embroideries as well.
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[@craftylaurelj7503]

I’m meeting so many lovely content creators through CoCoVid. :)

[@EagleRue]

Welcome aboard!

[@teleriferchnyfain]

I learned a new stitch! Which is saying something as I've been embroidering for 50 years & been a Lady in the SCA for 40!!!! Thanks for this delightful video!

[@EagleRue]

YES!!! You just made my heart sing.

[@marthattic243]

it's so nice to be able to SEE these stitches worked instead of just looking at diagrams in a book!!

[@EagleRue]

I am so glad! I hope to do more embroidery online tutorials. I feel there are so many stitches to work with!

[@k8cre8s17]

Plaited braid looks so much cuter than it sounds!

[@EagleRue]

LOL. I agree. But it is so much fun!

[@KasumiHoyta]

I'm learning how to embroider, so this was a delight to watch. It was nice to hear your recommendation and see how to do the stitches. Thank you for taking the time to make this for us all.

[@EagleRue]

You are most welcome!

[@kzisnbkosplay3346]

I used to sell embroidery machines, and I always love how many hand stitches are absolutely impossible to re-create on the machine.

[@EagleRue]

So true!

[@arimurila]

This is so cool! I'm a beginner, so this is super handy.

[@EagleRue]

Wonderful. I look forward to seeing what you make!

[@kimropp3696]

I'd been putting off trying embroidery, after many years of cross stitch, because somehow I got the idea that it was really difficult. It's not! I finally tried it this year and am enjoying picking up new stitches. You've given me a new one to try, with the braided stitch. Thanks for the clear instruction and for not going too fast. This makes it easy to understand.

[@EagleRue]

You can do it! share with me images on instagram! I would love to see!

[@miriamlachica5346]

This is the most explanatory video on embroidery I've seen (for beginners).

[@courtneyhoward2370]

That plated braid stitch is my new challenge WOOOOO

[@EagleRue]

It is SOO much fun.

[@courtneyhoward2370]

@@EagleRue I'm probably going to be rewatching that bit like 12 times to make sure I get it right

[@christyanndesigns1334]

Thank you for this. I am impressed with how many different styles you demonstrated in such a compact and understandable way. Thanks for being apart of 2020 cocovid!

[@EagleRue]

You are so welcome! and thank you for watching! I am so happy to share variety. I just love to share art! and teaching art!

[@amycasimir6785]

Thank you, this was wonderful! I'm a new sewist, embroiderer, and fibre creator. CoCoVid is great!

[@EagleRue]

Welcome!

[@emilyludlow4368]

a delightful addition to cocovid!

[@melodysimonson1510]

I have been embroidering for some years now and had never been able to do a satin stitch very well. The way you showed how to do it was so easy. Thank you so much for sharing your craft.

[@EagleRue]

Wonderful! I love to show different ways of doing things, YOu never know if something new will trigger inspiration in others!

[@justaminuteie6586]

Reaching for my hoop to try this plaited stitch! It will be perfect for embellishing the stonehenge quilt I'm hand quilting!

[@EagleRue]

wonderful. it is so much fun!

[@kataang99]

This was so much fun to watch! This is the first time I've somewhat understood embroidery. You really broke it down step-by-step quite nicely.

[@EagleRue]

You are so welcome!

[@ej075]

I have always had trouble with the stem stitch, and this is the clearest explanation I've ever seen. Thank you!

[@EagleRue]

Glad it was helpful! Stem stitch can be tricky, especially with books. I glad this helped!

[@CarieSpacefortheButterflies]

The plaited braid stitch has blown my mind - I’ve not encountered it before and now I’m itching to do a sample!!

[@EagleRue]

Wonderful, pop over to Instagram and share your work! I would love to see!

[@yourbookladykatie]

I'm watching this again as I prepare to embroider a reticule I'm making. I forgot you talked about mixing colors. That's such a genius idea. Of course, I never knew you weren't supposed to always use all the threads in the floss all the time, so *shrug*. LOL

[@EagleRue]

I used to do cross stitch pattern "paintings" before they were a thing you could get at walmart and michaels as kits. I have an art background, so mixing threads made sense to me. I have had some many people not consider you could do that and I desperately wanted to share that. I am SOOOO glad you found this useful!!

[@sherisaunders1517]

Thank you for providing examples on how to incorporate embroidery into our costumes

[@EagleRue]

OH I am so glad to help!

[@averyt9600]

Love the combination of the pearls and plaited embroidery!

[@EagleRue]

Glad you liked it!

[@apothecraftary9620]

The plaited braid stitch is really cool! I'd never heard of that one before!

[@janmaclaury6872]

I learned something new today with the braided stitch. It is so beautiful. Thanks for this and for the pattern!

[@EagleRue]

You are most welcome!

[@sarahmwalsh]

Thank you for demonstrating these stitches so clearly!

[@EagleRue]

Thank you for watching. I am so tickled by everyone learning and enjoying the process!

[@asheelterestini5454]

Thank you. You're work, as always, is amazing.

[@EagleRue]

Thank you too!

[@eileencrandall9633]

Love your work! So many uses for this beautiful hand stitchery👏🏻

[@EagleRue]

Thank you! 😊

[@drhelenloney1426]

I forgot about the French knot, I haven't embroidered for a really long time. I'm showing my age, but we used to cover all surfaces including jeans in satin stitch. Now I hear that people pay big dollars for embroidered jeans, amazing!

[@EagleRue]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Eerichan]

Can't wait to rewatch this and try out all the stitches. I've only done a little bit of a embroidery so far, so this is a great lil tutorial. And the case is so cute!

[@EagleRue]

Have fun!

[@raeleneblacketer3409]

This was awesome! Can't wait to make one myself!

[@sierraroses5679]

loved the video. I can't wait for the applique video!

[@EagleRue]

Coming soon! Tomorrow! I am so glad you liked this one!

[@DawnOldham]

What a beautiful craft and a well done video tutorial!

[@EagleRue]

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[@DreamingDragon37]

I love the finished sewing pouch! So cute! Will have to make one of my own once I'm done with a few current projects lol

[@EagleRue]

I would be excited to see it when you complete it!

[@denisechukhina4723]

this was fantastic! I will for sure be referencing this when I start my next historical costume!

[@EagleRue]

Great!

[@munchkinmakes9515]

You make it look so easy, but so elegant! I’m definitely going to try my hand at this!

[@EagleRue]

Please do! pop over on instagram and share with me what you do. I would love to see!

[@rebeccagose]

I really needed this refresher!!! Will come Back and create a embroidery stitch book.

[@EagleRue]

Wonderful! I love to see stitch books!

[@babygirllovespink]

I hope this stays up after cocovid! I'm a beginner and learned a lot, thank you! And it inspired me to try harder with my own (limited) embroidery

[@EagleRue]

Yes it will

[@madelinegutierrez1720]

You'll be my goto video for these kinds of stitches!

[@madelinegutierrez1720]

Thanks for adding to #cocovid with badges and even a chance to learn more!

[@YourSewingBuddy]

So very nice to see these stitches spelled out so well!

[@EagleRue]

Thank you. I tried to make it as simple as possible.

[@thewiltedtulipcostumes]

Our favorite is the French knot too! We recently embroidered a western suit and used the French knot as centers for the flowers. Great video! Learned some new stitches and excited to use them in our next embroidery adventures.

[@EagleRue]

That is awesome! pop over to instagram and tag me, I would LOVE to see!

[@iasonshade1724]

This is an amazing guide! I've been wanting to learn how to embroider for a long time, and this is a great resource to help get started! Well done! Artfully, Iason

[@EagleRue]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mickeydepache5797]

I have never seen the plated braid stich done! I will research this video so I can master that stitch! Thank you!

[@EagleRue]

You are so welcome! It is tricky to learn from a book. But can be done. I hope this inspires you to do more!

[@genettemora4325]

So glad you did this. I am just starting embroidery and this was wonderful in showing how to use the stitches!

[@EagleRue]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TreScotts1Fan]

Beautiful. Thank you. I have an embroidery project on my shelf. This will be very useful. I appreciate the time and effort you put into this.

[@EagleRue]

Thank you for watching and your kind words!

[@deannastevens1217]

That had so much information. Thank You. I'm all set up for some serious embroidery. I did some when I was younger and have been interested in beginning again and embellishing something sonderful. So far it's just been a little chain stitching on a couple pin cushions and felt scissor covers. I Look forward to finding you on YT and seeing/learning more.

[@EagleRue]

Glad it was helpful! come over to instagram and show me what you do, I would LOVE to see!

[@jennywitts5025]

I love the bee! And definitely some stitches that I need to start integrating into my work.

[@EagleRue]

The bee is lots of fun, I agree!

[@kimberly_erin]

I’ve just started learning embroidery! Thank you!

[@EagleRue]

You’re welcome 😊

[@AllyKitten1231]

This is fantastic! Thank you for putting this up!

[@EagleRue]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@shellyburpee]

Thank you so much for sharing this, I had never heard of the braided stitch and look forward to trying it out.

[@EagleRue]

Glad it was helpful!

[@magickpixiegirl]

Thank you for a lovely tutorial. I can't wait to apply this new knowledge!

[@EagleRue]

Feel free to share what you come up with!

[@madilynndegolier21]

A wealth of information/instruction, I l'm looking forward to finding more of your videos- Thank You

[@EagleRue]

Awesome, thank you!

[@kirstenpaff8946]

Thank you for the instructional video. I really liked how you used the button hole stitch for the leaves.

[@EagleRue]

You are so welcome! Leaves can be so much fun with the right stitch.

[@onemoreteaspooncreative7398]

I am familiar with most of these stitches, but plaited braid is new to me! I'll have to sit down and have a practice. Thank you for sharing!

[@EagleRue]

You are so welcome!

[@amyrcoombes86]

Some useful hints on some stitches there. Thank you x

[@EagleRue]

Thank you! I am so glad I was able to show.

[@partyingpirate]

I haven't embroidered in ages. This makes me want to pick the hoop up again.

[@EagleRue]

You should!

[@mmesuds]

Wow I think the cap with the pearls was my favorite. I definitely want to try something like that!

[@EagleRue]

You should!

[@badmemoryneko]

beginner to embroidering here! it was really nice to see this.It was easy to understand and im hoping to do something nice soon.

[@EagleRue]

You can do it!

[@maike__-]

I noticed that the stem stitch is basically the back side of a back stitch 🤔 I noticed while sewing that the back side of my backstitching actually looked quite lovely and only now I learned that there's a name for it and it's am embroidery technique? Thank you so much for this video!

[@graceploughman7044]

❤️That is so beautiful, I need to practice my embroidery again! Though I only know a few simple stitches, so I can’t wait to practice a few more fancy stitches! Thank you so much for the lovely videos!😊 I’m glad CoCoVid brought me to your channel! I am now Subscribed!

[@EagleRue]

That is wonderful. There is more embroidery content scheduled for next month!

[@graceploughman7044]

Eagle & Rue Yay! I can’t wait!😁😁

[@cgyuuki]

I loved this! I have always struggled with the satin stitch and now I think I know why!

[@EagleRue]

I am so glad this was able to help you!

[@ArawynnEveningstar]

I found this tutorial to be very easy to understand and informative. Looking forward to learning more. Thank you.

[@EagleRue]

Great to hear!

[@janwalkercreations4956]

I have a pair of shoes that I want to add embroidery to. Your video has given me some good ideas of stitches to use.

[@EagleRue]

Wonderful! I would love to see them!

[@janwalkercreations4956]

@@EagleRue It will be a while before they're finished. I'm scraping faux leather off of them because they're old and it's already coming off. I'm also trying to film my process and eventually upload it.

[@ShadowclawFC]

A little late to this video, there's been so much to watch I can't keep up! I really love this one, though - embroidery is one of my favourite crafts (more like an art, though) and it's always fabulous to see it done, especially in relation to historical works. I'm still only a beginner, so I was surprised at how many of these stitches I either know or know of. The stem stitch is a particular favourite

[@EagleRue]

Wonderful! I would love to see your stuff, come over to instagram and share with me !

[@sarahpeck6246]

Thank you! I usually find embroidery tutorials stressful, but this one was relaxing.

[@EagleRue]

I'm so glad! Me too!

[@ebonies]

This is so cool! I'm extremely new to all this, i.e. my most advanced sewing project so far has been a face mask due to the pandemic, but I've always wanted to learn to embroider. Especially the stem stitch looks so neat! I'm definitely gonna try this. Thank you!

[@EagleRue]

Wonderful! You will have to show off your project when done!

[@sandradudgeon572]

Thank you for all the helpful tips. Embroidery was something I struggled with. Maybe its time to try again.

[@EagleRue]

You can do it!

[@shellsmith1737]

Wow such a great video, you were not joking about that LAST embroidery stitch. That one is definitely will need some practice on that one. I felt like I was on a roller coaster. I do have confidence i will get it because of your video. Thank you so much

[@EagleRue]

You can do it! YES! I always feel like, teaching basic things is fun, especially when I can drop in something more difficult to show you how much more there it...and do share when you do it, over on instagram I would love to see!

[@shellsmith1737]

Eagle & Rue I sure will share. Thank you again

[@EagleRue]

@@shellsmith1737 YES! *happy dance*

[@Fuiotter]

Thank you so much! I am not sure I am up to the pretzel-stitch, but backstitching, satin stitch and maybe the stemstitch seem doable!!

[@EagleRue]

LOL> love that Pretzle stitch. It really is lots of fun!

[@punkmapleleafs9899]

Great video! I am very literally an absolute beginner (I did my first piece of embroidery last month) and this tutorial was so well made that I could follow the process and explanation of every stitch. I look forward to using this as a reference in future projects (when I acquire them 😅)! Thank you so much for making this video and I hope you have a wonderful day!

[@EagleRue]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cyndyatwildrose5551]

Thank you for the video! It was a lot of fun to watch!

[@EagleRue]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rachelmiller2280]

this came along at exactly the perfect time for me as I plan to begin embroidery very soon!

[@EagleRue]

I love this! I cannot wait to see what you do!

[@HearthandSickle]

I’m looking forward to trying these stitches out.

[@cheerful_something_something]

Thank you! I love that bee, so cute. Time to look out some small pieces of fabric for my own project : ) Maybe the next stitch sprint.

[@EagleRue]

OH YES! I would love to see what you do!

[@GraceLovey]

I enjoyed your garment embellishment examples.

[@EagleRue]

I'm so glad!

[@999Giustina]

Such a cute scissors case! Nice video.

[@EagleRue]

Thank you 🤗

[@Takalonti1]

I love the plaited braid stitch definitely have to earmark this for later use. 💖😁

[@EagleRue]

Please do!

[@leftisthomemaker]

Thank you! That was lovely!

[@EagleRue]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@melissabebak1513]

This was so helpful, thank you! I can already see several areas where I can improve.

[@EagleRue]

Glad it was helpful!

[@liessabai]

Thank you for this video! I got a bit lost trying to follow the braided stitch, but it looks so pretty, I may have to try it some time :) My mom has the same scissors, so I might try making her a case.

[@EagleRue]

You can do it!

[@alicec1500]

thank you for the tutorial. looks easy enough!

[@EagleRue]

You're welcome 😊

[@laurenleigh6478]

This was very helpful. Thank you!

[@EagleRue]

You are so welcome!

[@SarahBent]

I love seeing how you used them on clothes!

[@autumn7143]

This is cool. Im enjoying it. Thank you.

[@EagleRue]

Glad to hear it!

[@cassandramcclellan7211]

Thank you so much for this! It was very informative, and I can't wait to try to make my own scissors case!

[@EagleRue]

You are so welcome!

[@YoungQueenVictoria]

Thank you so much for this video ! I am going to use some of these techniques for my early Victorian garters

[@EagleRue]

Good luck! and tag me on instagram I would love to see your work!

[@sewingforyourlife]

Great and very interesting video! Thank you!

[@EagleRue]

Thank you too!

[@audracarlsonborders2002]

That was very educational. I enjoyed it

[@EagleRue]

I am so glad you did!

[@MsDawn0113]

I think I'm going to have to watch this informative video a few times. I love the cap.

[@EagleRue]

You should!

[@roxywillemse]

This was such a sweet video! Thank you for sharing🥰

[@EagleRue]

Thank you for watching!

[@susanforbes8251]

Thank you for posting this very informative video, it was good to see the stitches in action, so to speak (and no pun intended)

[@EagleRue]

You are so welcome! LOL

[@ydwang6726]

Thanks for doing this!

[@EagleRue]

My pleasure!

[@sarahhinds11]

I need to try these out!!

[@EagleRue]

Yes, you should!

[@allykaye89]

Nice! I've known embroidery stitches for a while, but never really knew how to put them together to create a picture.

[@EagleRue]

You’re welcome 😊

[@alexishopkins526]

Wow! I need to get a hoop so I can work on my stitches. I’ve never practiced much but this makes me want to

[@EagleRue]

You can do it! There is a link in the description box for hoops. I use the plain wooden ones. If you get a few sizes, it helps to have a few as you expand to different projects.

[@alexishopkins526]

Eagle & Rue thank you!!

[@GenevieveElmer]

Thank you so much for this video

[@EagleRue]

Most welcome 😊

[@ddudley2066]

Thank you! Very instructive.

[@EagleRue]

Thank you for watching.

[@joannaaugustine2310]

Adding embroidery to the edges of garments looks so pretty! Did you add the embroidery after finishing the garment. And if so how do you manage to get the sleeve area in a hoop? (Can you even? Seems like it would make stabilizing the work hard)

[@EagleRue]

What a wonderful question! Yes, most of the embroidery is done after the garment is complete. If you go back into my history you will sess garments that are embroidered before. The plaited braid stitch and the chain stitch are exceptionally easy to do without a hoop- once you practice them a few times.

[@my7babies]

Thank you for teaching use new techniques.

[@EagleRue]

It's my pleasure

[@SuperAlice1901]

Thank you ~ this a great video for beginners like me ♡

[@EagleRue]

I am glad, always worried I talk over people. Glad to know it was simple enough to make you feel like you can do it too!

[@saragiven7200]

Thanks! I've always had a mental block when it comes to learning embroidery. But it can be overcome :)

[@EagleRue]

You can! I will be doing more.

[@lenaeospeixinhos]

Very cool, thank you ❤

[@EagleRue]

Thank you too!