This document provides descriptions and instructions for various hand sewing stitches, including their names, purposes, and step-by-step processes. It covers backstitch, running stitch, basting stitch, slipstitch, overcast stitch, hemming stitch, cross stitch, blanket stitch, and chain stitch. Each entry defines the stitch, explains its common uses, and illustrates the stitching technique through numbered steps and diagrams.
This document provides descriptions and instructions for various hand sewing stitches, including their names, purposes, and step-by-step processes. It covers backstitch, running stitch, basting stitch, slipstitch, overcast stitch, hemming stitch, cross stitch, blanket stitch, and chain stitch. Each entry defines the stitch, explains its common uses, and illustrates the stitching technique through numbered steps and diagrams.
This document provides descriptions and instructions for various hand sewing stitches, including their names, purposes, and step-by-step processes. It covers backstitch, running stitch, basting stitch, slipstitch, overcast stitch, hemming stitch, cross stitch, blanket stitch, and chain stitch. Each entry defines the stitch, explains its common uses, and illustrates the stitching technique through numbered steps and diagrams.
My Sample Different Stitches (Description and its Function)
STITCH SAMPLER MAKE AND FUNCTION
To prevent those points
from unraveling and stretching out of shape, you need to secure them with back stitch or lock stitch. Backstitching is done by sewing backward and forward at the beginning BACK and end of a seam, on top STITCH of the seam stitches, to prevent the stitching from coming undone. a. Insert the needle into the fabric where you want to start the seam. b. Brig the needle back through both layers of fabric a short distance in front of the previous stitch. c. Insert the needle back into the fabric in the middle of the first stitch. d. Bring the needle up through the fabric the same distance you came forward in creating the first stitch.
Running stitches are
used in hand-sewing and tailoring to sew basic seams, hems and gathers; in hand patchwork to assemble pieces of light fabrics; and in quilting to hold the fabric layers and batting or wadding in place. RUNNING Step 1: Begin the running STITCH stitch by poking your threaded needle up through the fabric. Step 2: Poke the needle back down through the fabric next to where you just came up, and pull the thread down into your first stitch. Step 3: Now poke your needle back up through the fabric, leaving a space from the previous stitch. Then poke the needle back down through the fabric again making your second stitch. Now just continue this and you are on your way! The basting stitch, also known as tacking, can be defined as a long running stitch mainly used to temporarily hold two or more layers of fabric together until they can be properly sewn with a permanent stitch. Even basting – This has equal length of stitches on both sides of the cloth. Uneven basting – This irregular kind of basting has a longer stitch on the right side of the fabric and a BASTING shorter length on the wrong side. 1. Thread the needle and tie a knot at the end. 2. Insert the needle into the fabric from the underside to the front. You will sew from right to left. 3. Now weave the needle in and out of the fabric forming a dashed line, taking care to keep the stitches of equal length. You can keep the length of the stitches within ½” – ¼ “. The look resembles that of a longer running stitch. The slipstitch is a finishing stitch. Use it to hem garments with regular fold-up hems and for attaching the bias to the inside of necklines, waist edges, and sleeve/skirt/pant hems. You can also use a slipstitch to attach flat ribbons and trim to the top side of a garment. SLIP a. Thread your needle and STITCH knot the end of the needle. b. Anchor the knot on the inside of the garment or a hidden location. c. Pick up a few threads of the fabric directly under where the knot is anchored. d. Pull the needle through the fabric toward the hem edge. e. Move the needle over and insert the needle into the hem edge, so the stitch itself is under the hem edge. Overcast stitch is a type of stitch used to enclose a raw, or unfinished, seam or edge. The purpose is to prevent unraveling of the fabric. Take the needle to the back, a thread away from where you came up. OVERCAST Loop the thread, dividing STITCH the two threads, through the needle at this point at the back. Pull up the needle. You will have your first overcast stitch. You will have to repeat the whole process again. Come up from the back a little away from the first stitch. Continue in this way, till you finish the whole edge. On the side given picture is how the stitch looks on the back of the fabric.
The hem of a garment is a
very important part of the finished product. There is a wide range of hemming stitches to complement the finish of a dress, blouse or pair of pants. Hems can be decorative or almost invisible, but the best hems are sewn by hand. HEMMING The stitches are smaller STITCH and closer together and you will see small long stitches on the outside. Step 1: Prepare the hem by pressing it over twice. Step 2: Place the needle in the main fabric and bring it up at an angle through the fold of the hem. Step 3: Repeat keeping the stitches even. Cross stitch is a form of counted thread embroidery that has been around for ages, and it is one of the easiest forms of hand embroidery to learn. Cross stitch is comprised of X- shaped stitches done on fabric with an even and open weave like Aida or linen. Designs can be traditional or modern or CROSS anywhere in between. STITCH It is a stitch formed of two stitches crossing each other.
The blanket stitch is a
stitch used to reinforce the edge of thick material. Depending circumstance, it may also be called a "cable stitch" or a "crochet stitch". It is "a decorative stitch used to finish an unhemmed blanket. To work blanket stitch, first bring the thread up just below the edge of the fabric and take a diagonal stitch to the right, about BLANKET 3mm in from fabric edge. STITCH Bring the needle out directly below again, just below the edge of the fabric. Loop the thread around the needle where it emerges and pull the thread taut. A chain stitch is a series of loops that lay on the fabric forming a loose style line. It can be decorative or functional. Here is how to do it: a. Stitch up from the backside of the fabric to the front side. b. Insert the needle into the top side of the fabric in the same spot, keeping a loop CHAIN of thread on the top side. STITCH c. Bring the needle back up through the right side of the fabric a short distance from where the needle went into the fabric. d. Insert the needle through the loop of thread on the front side of the fabric. e. Pull the needle through the fabric, anchoring the loop. Be sure you do not pull the thread too tight so you maintain the loop shape. f. Repeat to make a chain of stitches.
This is a fancy stitch done
over a base of herringbone stitch. This stitch looks great for border making. Fig 1: Now using a contrasting thread, begin by bringing out the needle from THREADED the right end of the herringbone stitch, as shown. HERRING Now, start working the coral BONE stitch from right to left. STITCH Instead of going through the fabric each time to make a knot, we go under each ‘cross’ of the herringbone stitch. The knot will form over the crossing.
Fig 2: A finished row of tied
herringbone would look like this. The Fly Stitch is a hand embroidery stitch that is sometimes called the Tied Stitch or Y Stitch and can be worked singularly, in rows, or scattered as a filling. It is a useful and versatile stitch used for FLY borders, filling, powdering STITCH and representing plant forms. To create a vertical line of fly stitch, start with a single y-shaped stitch. I've drawn two parallel lines to keep the stitches straight. End the stitch with a short tail and then repeat the steps to create a second stitch below the first. Bring the thread up at point A, down at point B, and back up at point C. My Sample Seam Finishes
PINKED SEAM
FRONT
FLAT- FELLED SEAM
FRONT My Sample Buttons with Shank and Flat Buttons (4 holes & 2 holes) BUTTONS WITH SHANK
FLAT BUTTONS: 4 HOLES
FLAT BUTTONS: 2 HOLES My Sample Output in Fabric Yoyo