How to Cross-Stitch 

Here we explain how to stitch with easy-to-understand diagrams.

Check out our other tutorials here.

• About Types of Fabric in Cross-Stitch
• About Embroidery Hoop
• About starting and finishing threads in cross stitch
• Embroidery Floss for Cross-Stitch: A Beginner’s Guide

It's crucial to keep your stitches consistent. To ensure a uniform look, make sure the top half of every cross stitch faces the same direction when you look at your pattern head-on.

Important: The colors shown in our step-by-step images are to help you follow along. You will use the same thread color for both parts of the stitch.

1. How to stitch in rows (the "two-step" method)

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2. Completing stitches one by one : Horizontal

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3. Completing stitches one by one : Vertical

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4 . Completing stitches one by one : from bottom left to top right

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 5 . Completing stitches one by one : from top right to bottom left

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