All my work seems to involve some form of stitch whether tradtional or contemporary.
Stitch Book
You can learn how to do stitches on Sharon Bloggon site www.pintangle.com
I was asked to show how to do my Dorset loops which are on many of my embellished embroideries.
Take a curtain ring the size you want for your work. Allow a long length of thread, threaded through your needle, doubled and make a knot on the end.
Take your thread in and around your ring and go between your thread to secure it onto the loop.
Go through the ring and back through between your threads again, pull tight!
As you can see it looks like Blanket stich which it is avariation of. Carry on like this until you cover the complete ring.
I love using these Dorset Loops in my decorative embroidery and embellishments.