Sometimes, a video tutorial really helps!
Mary Corbett’s Needle N’ Thread has just such tutorials, for free…
Of course, not every tutorial presented is appropriate for mid-century use. Take a look at
- Running stitch
- Whipped running stitch
- Backstitch
- Whipped backstitch
- Stem stitch
- Portuguese knotted stem stitch
- Outline stitch
- Split stitch
- Herringbone stitch (especially useful for fastening down seam allowances on wool petticoats and drawers!)
- Chain stitch
- Feather stitch
- Double feather stitch
- Blanket stitch (or the buttonhole variation for scalloped edgings)
- Seed stitch (seeding stitch, in period manuals)
- Padded satin stitch