The Stitch Bible is an indispensable guide to the most popular hand stitches and essential stitching techniques. The reference book includes 225 embroidery stitches and techniques, plus 17 projects to practice what you have learned. Techniques include freestyle embroidery, hardanger, blackwork, crewelwork, goldwork, drawn thread and much more. Also included are basic techniques for transferring a design to fabric and using an embroidery frame.