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I’ve used it here to sew the edges on the Fifi Fox Pin Cushion. I use blanket stitch on lots of my felt projects. The stitch will sit on the raw edge of the fabric at point 3. Catch the thread under the needle before you pull the thread firmly. Push straight through both layers of fabric or felt at 2. To make the blanket edge stitch, bring the needle across to make the second stitch. Bring the needle from the wrong side of the fabric or felt, and up between the two layers where the thread loops over. On two raw fabric or felt edges, sew a single stitch around the fabric edge first. It’s ideal for sewing felt together and for appliqué.
#EMBROIDERY STITCHES HOW TO#
Stitching with felt is a little different, so I describe how to transfer embroidery designs like back stitch to your felt projects HERE.īlanket stitch creates a decorative and protective finish on fabric edges. I use back stitch a lot for adding facial details to my felt friends, like the eyes and mouths on my Miss Molly and Friends Pin Cushions below. Bring the needle up again at continue back stitching in this way, ensuring the stitch lengths remain the same with every stitch. Bring the needle up one stitch length in front (3), then stitch back into 1. After all, that’s why we stitch! Back Stitchīack stitch is the perfect choice for quick and easy embroidery outlines because it creates a solid looking line.īring the thread up from the back of the fabric at 1 and take one stitch backward down through 2. The important thing to remember is to stitch in a way you are comfortable with, and that you enjoy. Either way the instructions are the same, you may just find it easier to mentally flip the illustrations to help you visualise sewing from left to right. Being left-handed myself, I have realised that I often sew the stitches in the same direction as a right-handed person would, though sometimes I do them in reverse.
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How you stitch can vary, depending on how you were taught and whether you are right or left handed. If you know them as something else, be sure to let me know! To add to the confusion, sewing stitches are often named differently in different parts of the world, or have alternative names which sometimes change depending on the generation you were born in. But these basic stitches tend to be fairly universal. There are so many types of hand sewing stitches and they each have different (and sometimes interchangeable) uses. Here’s the same design stitched in different colours and on different fabrics.
#EMBROIDERY STITCHES FREE#
If you’re looking for a free and easy project to get started with, sign up for my newsletter to receive this beautiful embroidery wreath design. I also love to include embroidery to embellish my designs too. Basic hand stitching techniques are used in lots of my sewing patterns.
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If you’re new to hand stitching, this stitch guide will highlight the most simple (and often the most popular) stitches, what they are used for and how I like to sew them. Here we talk about sewing the basic stitch types, before exploring how to finish an embroidery hoop for wall hanging. The third instalment explores how to actually get started with tips for the basics, like placing your fabric in an embroidery hoop and preparing your needle and thread. First we looked at all the supplies you will need, then we talked about how to transfer your design to fabric.
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#EMBROIDERY STITCHES SERIES#
Welcome to the wonderful world of hand embroidery! This is post four in my series about Embroidery for Beginners.