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The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Stitch Dictionary
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  • Publisher: Search Press
  • Edition: BB Hardback
  • Publication: 30 March 2027
  • ISBN 13/EAN: 9781800924680
  • Stock: Not Yet Published
  • Size: 195x275 mm
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: £25.00

The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Stitch Dictionary

£25.00

250+ step-by-step stitches by Yvette Stanton

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Book Description

The ultimate embroidery stitch dictionary for left-handed embroiderers fully revised and featuring 80 new stitches!

Created by best-selling, left-handed author Yvette Stanton, this comprehensive guide contains 250 essential and advanced stitches, with instructions given to suit the way your hands naturally move.

There's no need to mirror or mentally 'flip' right-handed instructions any longer! Written in Yvette Stanton's clear, step-by-step style, this book will be your constant embroidery companion. It includes:

  • Step-by-step instructions, vibrant inspiration photos and images of each of the 250 finished stitches;
  • A revival of an Iron Age stitch that has never been published in step-by-step format before;
  • A wealth of surface, counted and needlepoint speciality stitches; surface stitches and counted thread stitches are carefully explained, with many helpful diagrams and photos.

This book is a major revision of The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, which contained 170 stitches; this updated and expanded stitch dictionary features more than 250 stitches.

Table of Contents

Pictorial stitch contents

Hand embroidery needles

Thread

Starting threads

Finishing threads

Carrying threads

Working with guide lines

Stitches: Antwerp edging stitch, Armenian edging stitch, Back stitch, Basket stitch, Basque stitch, Bonnet stitch, Braid edging stitch, Breton stitch, Bullion knot, Buttonhole stitch, Cable stitch, Cable chain stitch, Cable plait stitch, Cast on stitch, Ceylon stitch, Chain stitch, Chevron stitch, Chinese cross stitch, Chinese knot, Colonial knot, Coral knot stitch, Couching, Cretan stitch, Cross stitch, Diamond stitch, Diamond upright stitch, Drizzle stitch, Eastern stitch, Eyelets, Feather stitch, Florentine stitch, Fly stitch, Four-sided stitch, French knot, Glove stitch, Gobelin stitch, Guilloche stitch, Hedebo stitch, Hem stitch, Herringbone stitch, Hollie stitch, Holly braid stitch, Jessica stitch, Long and short stitch, Loop stitch, Montenegrin stitch, Mountmellick stitch, Mountmellick thorn stitch, Needlewoven bars, Norwich stitch, Nun stitch, Palestrina stitch, Parma stitch, Pearl stitch, Pin stitch, Plaited braid stitch, Queen stitch, Raised fishbone stitch, Rhodes stitch, Rope stitch, Rosette stitch, Running stitch, Satin stitch, Scottish stitch, Scroll stitch, Seed stitch, Sheaf filling stitch, Ship’s ladder stitch, Shisha stitch, Sienese stitch, Smockers’ knot, Split stitch, Spider web stitch, Sprat’s head stitch, Stem stitch, Sword stitch, Tent stitch, Thorn stitch, Three-sided stitch, Topwinder stitch, Trellis stitch, Turkey work, Vandyke stitch, Wheat ear stitch, Wing stitch, Woven picot

Index

About the Author

About Yvette Stanton

Yvette Stanton OAM is an Australian embroidery historian and the author of several stitch dictionaries and numerous books on historical and traditional embroidery techniques. Her books are renowned for their clarity in both visual and written instruction; they are grounded in rigorous research and are essential resources for both contemporary stitchers and those interested in traditional embroidery techniques.

Yvette’s work, with her clear step-by-step instruction, bridges the gap between academic-level research and practical embroidery education. Through her books, research, and public engagement, Yvette Stanton plays a vital role in ensuring that historical embroidery stitches and practices are not only remembered but revived, understood, and enjoyed by new generations of stitchers and scholars around the world.

In 2026 Yvette received the OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia), awarded to citizens of Australia in recognition of outstanding achievement, for her service to embroidery.

Yvette lives in Sydney, Australia.

Visit Yvette's:
Website at www.vettycreations.com.au
Facebook: vettycreations
Instagram: @vettycreations
YouTube channel: @yvettestanton

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