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 |
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Buttonhole Stitch |
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Chainstitch -
decorative stitch worked right
to left |
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Cross Stitch - decorative stitch worked top to bottom and
back up to top |
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Fagoting Stitch - decorative stitch |
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Featherstitch - decorative stitch |
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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 |
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Running Stitches - short, even stitches used for seaming, tucking, mending, and gathering |
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Slipstitch - nearly invisible stitch |
Even Slipstitch |
Uneven Slipstitch |
Tailor Tacks - used to transfer pattern marking to fabric |
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Whipstitch - overhand stitch used to join two finished edges |
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