Leaf veins These are stitches which lend themselves to depicting leaf veins. Leaf veins Stitches Back-stitched chain stitch Cable stitch Chain stitch Closed fly stitch Elizabethan twist application Open chain stitch Outline stitch Overcast stitch Reverse chain stitch Stem stitch Straight stitch Turning metal thread couching Whipped back stitch Whipped blanket stitch Whipped chain stitch Whipped stem stitch