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Subject: TLE G8
Activity Title: Basic Hand Stitches
Reference/s: Types of Hand Stitches (9 Basic Hand Stitches with Steps). (September 3, 2021)
Retrieved from: https://www.kresent.com/types-of-hand-stitches/
Learning Concept:

BASIC HAND STITCHES

Sewing the basic hand stitches are very easy if you learn each step thoroughly before you start
practicing the next step. Sewing by hand is a skill that most, if not all, people should probably
attempt to master at some point.
1. Back Stitch A hand-sewn backstitch is a strong, reliable stitch.
Procedure:
a. Working from left to right, take a small stitch
b. Then insert the needle at the end of the previous stitch, bringing it out beyond the
point where the thread emerges.
c. Continue, always inserting the needle at the end of the previous stitch.

2. Basting – it is the same as the running stitch but with longer stitches (between 1/4 and
1/2 inches). You can do it straight also instead of slanting as in running stitch.
Procedure:
a. Pierce your threaded needle from the wrong side upwards.
b. According to the marked design, pierce it down into the fabric with longer stitches
up to 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch.
c. Bring the thread back up and repeat
3. Running Stitch - the running stitch/straight stitch is the most basic of the hand-sewing
stitches
a. Insert your threaded needle from the wrong side upwards.
b. Insert it down into the fabric according to the marked design
c. Bring the thread back up and repeat.

4. Outline Stitch This stitch is similar to the back stitch but it is slanted.
Procedure:
Make one slanted backstitch in front of another letting each one overlaps the one before
it just a little bit, until the design is filled.

5. Blanket Stitch
Procedure:
a. Secure the thread on the wrong side of the fabric, insert the needle from back to
front through the fabric 1/8 inch from the edge.
b. Wrap the working head around behind the eye end of the needle, then behind the
point.
c. Pull the needle through, bringing the knot to the fabric edge.
d. Continue, making closely spaced stitches and knots.

6. Catch Stitch – this is used for a flat finish next to fabric, such as seam binding on a
hem.
Procedure:
a. Hold open hem edge away from you, work from left to right,
b. Take a stitch in the hem, then a tiny stitch to the right just beyond edge of hem
with the point of needle to the left.
c. This makes diagonal lined that cross each other.
 7. Chain Stitch
Procedure:
Insert the needle in and out of the fabric (as in the running stitch). Bring the thread under
the tip of the needle while still in the fabric, then pull the needle through.

Learning Task:
Directions:
Identify the following basic hand stitches. Write your answer before the number.

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