List of sewing stitches

This article is about sewing stitches. For stitches used in surgery, see sutures.

This a list of stitches used in hand and machine sewing.

Machine stitches

Hand stitches

Back tack
Backstitch - a sturdy hand stitch for seams and decoration
Basting stitch (or tacking) - for reinforcement or for temporarily holding fabric in place
Blanket stitch - used to finish an unhemmed blanket
Blind stitch (or hemstitch) - a type of slip stitch used for inconspicuous hems
Buttonhole stitch - for reinforcing buttonholes and preventing cut fabric from raveling
Chain stitch - hand or machine stitch for seams or decoration
Cross-stitch - usually used for decoration, but may also be used for seams
Catch stitch (also 'flat' & 'blind' -catch stitch)
Cross-stitch tack
Darning stitch - for repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting
Embroidery stitch - one or more stitches forming a figure of recognizable look
Hemming stitch
Overcast stitch
Pad stitch - secures two or more layers of fabric together and provide firmness
Pick stitch - a hand stitch that catches only a few threads on the wrong side of the fabric, difficult to produce nicely so typically used for hemming high quality garments
Rantering
Running stitch - a hand stitch for seams and gathering
Sailmakers stitch
Slip stitch - a hand stitch for fastening two pieces of fabric together from the right side without the thread showing
Stoating
Tent stitch - diagonal embroidery stitch at a 45-degree angle
Topstitch - used on garment edges such as necklines and hems, helps facings stay in place and gives a crisp edge
Whipstitch - for protecting edges

References

Picken, Mary Brooks (1957). The Fashion Dictionary. Funk and Wagnalls.
Reader's Digest (1976). Complete Guide to Sewing. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. ISBN 0-89577-026-1.

Sewing

Techniques	Basting Cut Darning Ease Embellishment Fabric tube turning Floating canvas Gather Godet Gusset Heirloom sewing Shirring

Stitches	List of sewing stitches Backstitch Bar tack Blanket Blind stitch Buttonhole Catch stitch Chain stitch Cross-stitch Embroidery stitch Hemstitch Lockstitch Overlock Pad stitch Pick stitch Rantering Running Sashiko Stoating Tack Topstitch Zigzag

Seams	Felled seam Seam allowance Style line

Notions Trims	Bias tape Collar stays Elastic Grommet / Eyelet Interfacing Passementerie Piping Ruffle Rickrack Self-fabric Soutache Trim Twill tape Wrights

Closures	Buckle Button Buttonhole Frog Hook-and-eye Hook and loop fastener Shank Snap Zipper

Materials	Bias Yarn / Thread Selvage Textiles / Fabrics

Tools	Bobbin Dress form Needle threader Pattern notcher Pin Pincushion Pinking shears Scissors Seam ripper Sewing needle Stitching awl Tailor's ham Tape measure Thimble Tracing paper Tracing wheel

Trades Suppliers	Cloth merchant Draper Dressmaker Haberdasher Mercer Sewing occupations Tailor

Sewing machine manufacturers	Barthélemy Thimonnier Bernina Brother Industries Elias Howe Feiyue Frister & Rossmann Janome Jones Sewing Machine Company Juki Merrow New Home Pfaff Sewmor Singer Tapemaster Viking / Husqvarna White

Pattern Manufacturers	Butterick Burda Clothkits McCall's Simplicity

Glossary of sewing terms

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