You might look through these. I bookmarked them when I thought I was going to start a crazy quilt with embroidery (never did it).
http://www.caron-net.com/classes/cla.../clasmay1.html
http://inaminuteago.com/stitchindex.html
http://www.redwork.info/instructions.html
The 2nd has a large dictionary of embroidery stitches. Look at the name on the 3rd - might help you locate the maker of your lost quilt (other topic).