Hand Sewing Stitches

Backstitch - strong, versatile stitch used for seams, topstitching, handpicked zippers
Even Backstitch	Half-Backstitch
Pickstitch	Prickstitch
Basting - used to temporarily hold together two or more fabrics
Even Basting	Diagonal Basting
Uneven Basting
Blanket Stitch - decorative edging

Buttonhole Stitch

Chainstitch - decorative stitch worked right to left

Cross Stitch - decorative stitch worked top to bottom and back up to top

Fagoting Stitch - decorative stitch

Featherstitch - decorative stitch

Hemming Stitches
Slant Hemming Stitch	Vertical Hemming Stitch
Uneven Slipstitch	Catchstitch
Blind-Hem Stitch	Blind Catchstitch
Overcast Stitch	Overhand Stitch
Padding Stitches - used in tailoring to hold interfacing to outer fabric

Running Stitches - short, even stitches used for seaming, tucking, mending, and gathering

Slipstitch - nearly invisible stitch
Even Slipstitch	Uneven Slipstitch
Tailor Tacks - used to transfer pattern marking to fabric

Whipstitch - overhand stitch used to join two finished edges

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