12 hand embroidery stitches all beginners should know. Free design to practice on!

[@sisduh]

A total newbie [and subscriber] who is SO GRATEFUL to have discovered your channel. Thank you, Sarah!

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Thank you for watching and becoming a channel member sisduh! x

[@LightchaserAV]

Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos and for generously providing free downloads. 😘

[@aracelysguerra2232]

Thank you so much

[@danisehetland3378]

What a great primer! It’s amazing how the snail comes to life with stitches and color. Thanks for the download, too, Sarah! 🐌

[@JulieBaker-os7lr]

Wow love your nail polish

[@DABOYZ-ox7gh]

thank you i love your vidio

[@jessicaparker5161]

A nice refresher - thank you. Essential stitches are the best

[@telalong5254]

thank you so much for the video and download for the snail. my gd has a snail farm so she will love this.

[@brendadmc677]

Thank you for the video and free pattern. I learn so much from your video.

[@LillianLouiseInNature]

Thank you. I appreciate your videos. Sweet kitty is pretty.

[@jennygill1594]

Thank you Sarah, love that little snail. I often have to check your videos to find out out how to do a embroidery stitch You certainly are a great teacher 💕💕🇦🇺🇦🇺🐨🐨

[@edithzapata1883]

excelent teaching

[@russells3444]

Terrific review! Thank you.

[@kathryn653]

Thank you for this video and the pdf. I can't take classes right now but I can tell I'm making progress. It's very encouraging.

[@leisongivangomo4478]

Excellent video as always! I really appreciate how you used the blanket stitch in two different ways.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Macine thread is usually just finer but you can hand stitch with it. check out my sampling video!

[@Ms.Mel.Creates]

Ohhh your kitties are so precious. I love that you do not edit them out! Please keep them in forever!!!😊

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

I've given up trying to edit them out so they stay in!

[@heatherdoodlebug5254]

Thank you for showing stitches! I'm a beginner, and working on a simple sampler to practice. The way you show and explain make it sooo much easier to follow than other videos or books!! I so much appreciate you!! And what a cute snail, I need to try him next!!🙏💕😍

[@Rosemary-go9wj]

Thank you for the cute little snail Sarah. It was lovely to see Pinky Cat take part, even if very briefly.

[@susanvanvleck3957]

Oh look! Pinky Cat joined the party today! Thank you for sharing your extensive knowledge and talent as well as a bit of your life with us

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

We are honored when she decides to appear Susan!

[@sloanerifficheart7479]

Thank you!

[@heden1460]

Thanks for the review. Especially the last two you did.

[@leavingitblank9363]

Really appreciate your giving the time stamps for your video!

[@perranmaid]

Thank you, it’s lovely having the design at the end of video to use each of the stitches. I am familiar with the stitches, so the snail has made addition to my sample journal 😆

[@jeantompkins67]

Wonderful stitch lesson. Love them all. Thank you for sharing.

[@kathybell8037]

Thank you....loved seeing not only how to do them, but how to use them.

[@sonjasch.49]

Dear Sarah, thanks for a great beginner's work again. My daughter Sarah has begun again to learn embroidery. So that is a great lesson for her (and for me too). Thanks for your great work! God bless you!

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Wonderful to be passing on your skills to the next generation Sonja!

[@windlessoriginals1150]

Thank you

[@KatieSmith-ef3kl]

Thank you so much for yet another wonderful video Sarah. Really appreciate all your hard work xx

[@Annascraftyamore]

Thank you Sarah for the adorable snail design 🐌🍄 I love learning from you as you explain the techniques so well 🙋🏻‍♀️💜

[@leahoconnor3296]

Thank you so much! Brilliant way to demonstrate the stitches. Makes it so much easier to remember how to do them. I love the snail ❤

[@elizabethpuyear7339]

Thank you for this very helpful video. You are a wonderful teacher. Plus - I love the sweet kitties that often appear in your videos❣️

[@carolyndaughton3373]

Sarah, thank you again for another informative video.

[@karenmacduff8471]

Hi Sarah. This video was super!. My friend Karen Girard who’s also a member said to me yesterday, (Friday) “ Sarah didn’t have a video today.” We decided you work very hard for us and deserved a break. 😊. However, first thing this morning, there you were. Thank you so much!! That snail is very creative the way you included all 12 stitches into it. Can’t wait to stitch it. I Especially like the link below to your website Beginner blog/video- filled with helpful information and videos. I have the 1935 edition of “Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery stitches.” The “thumbnail sketches throughout” are hilarious…

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Last week did not go to plan Karen! Mary will see you right :)

[@suebulford]

Thankyou Sarah really enjoying your videos, so good to have a refresher on basic stitches, still have trouble with detached chain 🙂 Thankyou also for snail design 🌹

[@conqueringmountscrapmorewi2509]

Hello! I hope you had a cheerful day! I was visiting my grandkids and all 3 of them tired me out in a happy way! I hope you have a gentle and kind week ahead! Thank you for sharing your video and your talent.

[@Early100]

Lovely thank you, the little snail and mushroom are so cute - on my to do list x

[@jenniferwaugh8796]

Hi Sarah, thank you for the lovely video, and I love the cute little snail, I like the way you show, how a few stitches, can bring a design to life. By the way I like your jazzy nail polish.

[@carolempluckrose4188]

This is how I like my snails. Rather than munching my hard work in growing our fruit, veg, herbs etc!

[@jenniferwaugh8796]

@@carolempluckrose4188 yes you are right, the real ones are a nuisance.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

You need some toadstools to distract them Carole!

[@trailingthewind6891]

Thank you for a lovely educative recap

[@vixis]

you make me very happy, watching you work and (fantastically) explain the stitches. And your team of husband and cat are adorable!

[@heather4142]

A great reminder video and thank you for that adorable little snail design. I think it's one of my favorites that you've done. It is SO cute!!

[@catsofuppersturt7893]

Love the new hair Sarah! 😻

[@susannehughes3227]

Thank u....beautiful patterns!!!!Susanne

[@ivorybow]

I used to embroider all the time, then life intervened and it has been many years since I have. I am very happy for these, for me, refresher courses, as I have many projects for my granddaughter's hope chest. Thank you

[@TheKeenanno1]

Thanks for explaining difference between stem and outline stitches and when to use them. I probably heard it before but this time it connected.. - Keenan

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

If you want to get really mathematical about it Keenan, there is a download on my free stuff page with some angles and arrows on it...!! :D x

[@rainbowlily-oo6tj]

Awesome video. Short but effective for refreshing the skills. Totally in love with the 🐌🍄 !!!! Thanks for sharing it as a free download❤️

[@losenan5269]

Thanks for this very precise information.....appreciated ♡♡♡♡

[@nena2281]

Thanks for teaching me how to do a French knot. I'm a slow learner, but I've got it now!!

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

We have a whole video just about French knots Nena, do check it out!

[@nena2281]

@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery will do,thanks!!!

[@carolempluckrose4188]

Thank you so much for the recap Sarah. It always helps to revisit something you might not have visited for a period of time and just want a reminder. Your in-depth stitch tutorial videos are brilliant. Miss Pinky wasn't feeling too photogenic today, too hot maybe, but that tail is something to behold, just like the lady herself. Sarah, have you ever considered hosting/running a RSN satellite school? The Certificate and Diploma both come to mind.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Her tail takes much brushing Carole! I've done that Carole, I set up and ran the Rugby RSN satellite with a colleague for about 3 years!

[@malkyfashion9559]

Very nice 💕

[@lioutsim2174]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!!🇬🇷

[@peggymccright1358]

That wasn’t Ginger Cat! Who was that? Love your tutorials. Love this snail 🐌 Thank you

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

That was Pinky! She graces us with her company occaisionally. Her and Ginger cat don't get on so if he's there, she isn't!

[@peggymccright1358]

@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery Thanks, I was a little worried about Ginger Cat. Good to know.

[@Talleyk28]

Thank you so much for these videos.!

[@lindamathews5013]

i''m late to the party, but thank you for such a useful lesson and the darling design! I haven't embroidered in a while and am anxious to start again.

[@r.w.9951]

Vielen dank 🌹

[@maryringler2361]

So glad I discovered your videos. I've learned so much. Thank you.

[@padmeskywalker1537]

I miss the music you had at the beginning of the video 😭😭 Other than that thank you for this video :D I love playing them while I embroider or draw! 💛

[@janec8971]

Love your videos. I am new to this craft and these are so helpful.

[@elainet5870]

This was a nice review of the basic stitches. Thanks. 😃

[@mireadossantos4610]

Very clear stitch tutorial, thank you 😊

[@michaelwhite3508]

Hello Sarah. I have loved your tutorials and you have helped me enormously and I’m really enjoying practising it all now. I’m heading over to your website to see if you have any workshops going. I just cannot stop stitching now! Lesley x

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Thanks Lesley, I'm glad you are enjoying the videos! I'm not doing any workshops at the moment so that I can concentrate on KZbin (where I can reach all around the world!)

[@MoMaryR]

Really helpful and thanks for the lovely free design.

[@adawn9291]

Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for to begin my embroidery journey.

[@m.r9568]

Wow Sarah you're amazing thank you sooo much for sharing your art with us❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ein1985]

Wonderful video and I like the glitter on your nail polish-can never have too much sparkle!

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

You can't! :)

[@la4dreams]

Thank you Sarah! You make learning so much fun♥️. I printed this pattern out and will give it a go. Thanks for sharing in my new found adventure 😽😻

[@svenlundergard1]

So well organized and well photographed/filmed. Extremely helpful! Thank you! Subscribed!!

[@debbieapps3406]

Thank you Sarah just beginning my embroidery journey and your videos are so VERY helpful!

[@rebeccat5738]

Thank you Sarah that was brilliant, and although not a beginner, I was absolutely fascinated by the interesting way you used the stitches on the Snail piece, and how very effective they made it, I would never have thought of doing it that way, you always make me see things differently in embroidery and I love that, thanks for all you do x

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Thank you Rebecca x

[@Lanmn]

You are excellent!!!;

[@pribumiasli03]

Nice Embroidery

[@lorettavalmorbida7793]

Thank you very much for the demonstration.

[@mildredvanschalkwyk486]

And thank you so much

[@amulyacastelino8777]

Your videos remind me of Bob Ross.... Just with thread 😊

[@amberliddell4503]

She does have a nice voice doesn't she

[@annazann7236]

Very informative as usual :) One comment on your buttonhole stitch though. It is not the same as "otherwise spacer blanket stitch ". Buttonhole has a knot instead of an loose loop as blanket stitch does.

[@lindabridge7248]

I need bigger patterns for a pillowcase.any ideas?

[@silviaesilvia]

Go on Pinterest: it's full of patterns to inspire you! 😊

[@annsmith5625]

Thank you!!⚾️

[@MariaMartinez-jb3zn]

Love your kitties❣️so glad I got your table clamps…it’s so much easier to keep tension in stitches that I need. Thank you for the freebie pdf. What type of material is that? Looks like linen…🙏🏽🙋🏻‍♀️👍🏽Mia

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Glad you are finding the clamps helpful Maria! Yes, worked on a 100% linen for this one...

[@kelliecorum5427]

❤ TFS

[@RS-il7pn]

Hello Sarah your work is lovely ,I am curious to know what is the difference between machine and hard embroidery thread and can one use machine th to do hand work.

[@mildredvanschalkwyk486]

I want you know if you must use the embroidery cotton as is

[@romanatorx3949]

Amazing video - you have inspired me and my wife to start embroidery last year. Thank you very much! I have a question - the stem stitch and the outline stitch are the same apart from being an mirror image of each other. Is there a reason why they have different names?

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

That's brilliant Romanator X! See my video on stem and outline stitch for more details but the former looks better if you are working curves in a clockwise direction, the later anti-clockwise hence the need for different names !

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[@janicevaszlavik8386]

What kind of floss are you using?

[@susanmathew4612]

I am interested.

[@Icy.847]

What kind of material are you using? It has nice little webbing.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Linen Harlee

[@Ninjamom4]

❤️❤️❤️

[@yadavallimalini4533]

Hello madam . This is Dr.Malini. I wanted to know your decision about the different motifs I sent you.

[@akorn95]

💖🚀💫✨💖

[@RS-il7pn]

"Hand embroidery thread" not "hard".

[@Kitten49able]

Thank you so much