Some additional effects of stitching on the in-plane mechanical properties of composite laminate is introduced while it was used to improve the interlaminar of plane mechanical properties of the composite laminate. The paper investigates the effect of stitching on in-plane tensile strength of composite laminates. The results show that the effect of stitching is dependent on the stitching parameters. The in-plane tensile strength of laminates is degraded with the decreasing of stitching space and step and increasing diameter of stitching thread. It is found that the initial damage of laminate increased with increasing of stitching parameters such as stitching density. This causes the decrease in the in-plane strength of composite laminate.