- Stitch Fun: Stacked Herringbone – It’s Double, but it’s Not
Today, we’re going to enjoy a bit of Stitch Fun – musing about a stitch, wondering about its name, and showing you how it’s worked Stitch Fun! is this series of stitching tutorials here on Needle ‘n Thread In the series, we explore different embroidery stitches mostly as combinations or composites, used in different ways and offering
- Stitch Fun! Stem Stitch Rose Tutorial – NeedlenThread. com
The stem stitch rose differs from the woven wheel or spider web stitch in a couple ways: 1 The stem stitch rose is not worked over a foundation of spokes; and 2 The loops of the rose sit higher on the fabric, thanks to the stem stitch, and create a more realistic looking flower More Stitch Fun?
- Outline Stitch Video Tutorial - NeedlenThread. com
The outline stitch is a basic stitch used in hand embroidery for lines and filling It's an easy embroidery stitch and works up quickly, with a nice rhythm You can work the stitch in a "sewing method" (in hand embroidery, this means "scooping" the fabric up with the needle to make the stitch) or
- Embroidery Stitch Templates – for Straight Uniform Stitches
The templates are organized by stitch family, so each group of decorative lines – all of which make for great crazy quilting seams or sampler-developing on larger stitch samplers – centers around one basic stitch For example, in the photo above, that group of templates on that page all belong to the buttonhole stitch family
- 10 Hand Embroidery Stitches for Stems Branches
Chain stitch makes a great filling, too, and would work well on a tree trunk You can even mix chain stitch in with other stitches (like stem stitch and outline stitch) to add new texture to the tree To whip chain stitch, the method is exactly the same as that used for whipping backstitch 6 Fly Stitch
- Embroidered Writing – My Favorite Stitches for It
My absolute favorite stitch for embroidered handwriting is Quaker stitch I’ve written a step-by-step tutorial for Quaker stitch here You can see Quaker stitch used on handwriting in the photo above I like it because it creates a slightly raised, very clear, fine line, which works great for handwriting
- Transferring an Embroidery Pattern using Tracing Paper
Hi, Cynthia – You can remove the threads as you stitch over them I usually try just to cover them, but if they are visible, just snip them and remove them as you stitch Stitch first, then remove You can also just stitch the whole thing, and then go over it carefully to see if any of the design lines are visible
- Highlighting Satin Stitch – NeedlenThread. com
But the stitching principles in the book apply to padded satin stitch in other applications as well Today’s Key Point: the Size of the Element The key point that I want to highlight today, before directing you to other articles on satin stitch, is this: Satin stitch is not a full-ground-covering stitch for large elements on embroidery projects
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