Embroidery Stitches for Leaves

Index  ( More to be added....)

Outlining the Leaves

• Running Stitch
• Stem Stitch / Outline Stitch
• Chain Stitch
• Coral Stitch

Filling The leaves

• Buttonhole Stitch

• Fish Bone Stitch
• Raised Fish bone / overlapping herringbone stitch / self padded herringbone stitch
• Open fish bone
• Leaf stitch

• Basket stitch
• Flat stitch
• Loop stitch  

• Seed stitch
• Darning Stitch

• Satin stitch
• Encroaching Satin Stitch
• Long and short stitch

• Stem stitch filling
• Cretan Stitch - closed and open

• Chain Stitch Filling
• Rose Leaf Stitch
• Detached Chain Stitch
• Granitos  

• Lattice Work

• Herringbone Stitch
• Raised Herringbone 
• Closed Herringbone 

• Fly Stitch  (Y Stitch or Open Loop Fly Stitch)
• Feather Stitch ( long Armed / Quill Stitch )

• Romanian stitch/oriental/Janina Stitch/ Antique stitch ( different from Romanian couching)
• Roman filling stitch
• Vandyke stitch 

• French Knot 

• Wheat-ear Stitch 
• Thorn Stitch
• Fern Stitch

Stump-work Leaves

• Woven Picot 

Others 

• Applique