RSN Stitch Bank is a free resource designed to preserve the art of hand embroidery through digitally conserving and showcasing the wide variety of the world’s embroidery stitches and the ways in which they have been used in different cultures and times. Now containing over 500 stitches, each stitch entry contains information about its history, use and structure as well as a step-by-step method with photographs, illustrations and video.

We aim to keep RSN Stitch Bank free for everyone, but this can only happen thanks to the donations of our generous supporters. Please donate, or sponsor a stitch and help support RSN Stitch Bank.

We gratefully acknowledge a generous donor from the Far East whose support is enabling us to preserve and share the Techniques of Opus Anglicanum and Blackwork for the benefit of all who value the art of embroidery.