Coming to the last days of the 7 days of embroidery stitches with the: Straight stitch. Straight stitches are THE stitch. It's like a line you draw with a pencil - you can make anything with it. Depending on how you arrange them, how long you make them or how short, the straight stitch can be everything you want it to be.
How to do the straight stitch
1// Stick the needle where you want your stitch to end.
2// Go up where you want the next stitch to be and repeat step 1. Yup, it's that easy. I told you so.
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7 days of stitches: couching
On to the 6th day with: couching! Couching is one of the techniques that get overlooked easily. For couching a surface material is attached to the fabric with a thread....
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7 days of stitches: fly stitch
It's already day 5 - time is flying by.... which leads me to the next stitch: the FLY STITCH. This embroidery stitch can be used as a detached stitch for...
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7 days of stitches: cross stitch
It's time for the 4th part of the 7 days of stitches series introducing the stitch with the 4 corners *drum roll*: the CROSS STITCH. I mean, this stitch is...
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7 days of stitches: needle weaving
3 day of the 7 days of stitches features a stitch that is experiencing a revival during the last years: NEEDLE WEAVING. Being a cross over between embroidery and weaving,...
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7 days of stitches: feather stitch
Day 2 of the 7 days of stitches has arrived and it's all about the FEATHER STITCH. This stitch has a long tradition in plant embroidery. It's so easy to...
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7 days of stitches: blanket stitch
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7 days of embroidery stitches part 2: 7 basic stitches you need to learn
7 days of embroidery stitches part 2
Hello, fellow embroidery enthusiast! This week is all about embroidery stitches. Each day I'll show you how to make a particular stitch for you...
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7 days of stitches and the labyrinth challenge!
Remember the 7 days of stitches blog series? Every day for an entire week, I showed you one embroidery stitch in detail - how it is done, what you...
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7 days of stitches: herringbone stitch
The herringbone stitch is a crossed stitch. It's commonly used to fill areas with a low amount of waste yarn in the back.