Hand Embroidery Stitches Quiz

1. Which stitch is often used to outline a design and forms the base line for other embroidery stitches?

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Which stitch is recommended to be used with a needle with a small eye for ease in pulling?

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Which stitch is used for making leaves or feathers and requires dividing the pattern into two?

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Which stitch is used primarily to fill in a design area and can be used to create the eyes on an embroidered face or the center of a flower?

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Which stitch is a solid filling stitch that is used to cover a design area with long, straight stitches worked very close together?

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Which stitch is considered being the easiest stitch for outlining?

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Which stitch is a basic overlapping stitch popular for its use in borders?

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Which stitch uses simple straight stitches in a single direction to fill in patterns and has shorter stitches above the fabric and longer stitches on the reverse side?

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Which stitch is used for outlining flower stems and can be used as filling when worked closely together within a shape until it is filled completely?

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Which stitch is a very decorative stitch and can be experimented with threads for various colors over borders?

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