Also known as : Point de Sable
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| Fig 1: Bring the thread through A and take it in through B. This creates one stitch. | Fig 2: Bring the thread through C and take it in through B. This way, we are creating a stich by taking the thread backward. | |
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Fig 3: Bring the thread through D and take it in through C. Continue this pattern to finish the design. | |
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| Fig 4: A finished line of back stitch will look like this. | ||
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I am so inspired to know that you are stitching your son’s drawings as christmas ornaments. I should try something like this once my son tries drawing. When you say knotted blanket stitch, maybe you mean the buttonhole stitch? I will be putting up the buttonhole family of stitches next.
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thaarika 
Deepudas 
Seema Yadav 
hi, my self veenu kumari from jalandhar city, punjab. I am doing study in INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION DESIGNING. I need a lot of material for my presentations like running stitch,satin stitch,stem stitch,bullion stitch,french knot stitch,mirror work,blanket stitch etc. so please do help me
I will be very thankful to you for this act of kindness
Dear Veenu,
Right now, I don’t have any materials on embroidery stitches that I can share with you for your presentation, but I hope the stitch lessons that I have posted here will help you with reference. If there is any other way I can help, please let me know.
Best wishes for your days at the institute.
Hi,
i want to learn embroidery, wht is the basic steps ?
and how to fill the big flower can you explain.
Dear Ranjitha,
You can start by going through ‘embroidery home’ link, at the top of the page. Then, you can pick each embroidery from the right hand panel or from the ‘stitch dictionary’.
You can use satin stitch family to fill in flowers.
dear sarah,
it is very educational. even though i know most of the basic stitches i find the site very advanced and informative.
i would like to know what is aida fabric.
And also i would like to do embroidery in my white kurta(long shirt).
please suggest some small but it should cover fully.
thank u
sheela
Dear Sheela,
Thanks a lot for your comment.
Aida fabric is what we also call Matty cloth. It is an even weave fabric and is used for cross stitching.
You can try some simple basic stitches to cover your kurta with floral patterns : use stem stitch, back stitch, chain stitch, lazy daisy, satin stitch, woven circles etc… You can also opt to fill it in with a repetition of spiral patterns using petal stitch, or rosette stitch or even basque stitch.
Hope this gives you some help and idea.
The instructions are extremely well – put. Thank you for sharing !
Thank you Riti.
Dear Jubi anty,
just wanted to show a stiched pice which was lying at my home.
Dear Harshita,
This looks really nice. Did you stitch this? Thanks for sharing this piece of work. We would like to see something stitched by you.
I can not tell you how happy and excited i am to find your site. I am sure this will help me in in learning stiches and embroidery very well. I have always been interested but cud never find a gud source untill today.. Thanks a lot.
I’m so glad you put this site up! I have been wanting to learn embroidery beyond just the back stitch (the only one I know how to do right now) yet avoiding it because it seemed so daunting at first. Your site inspires me to learn because so many of the stitches are so pretty and I can think of thousands of applications for them!
This is my first official bit of embroidery with a card, a gift for my other half for the coming holiday. More planned soon!
Dear Salem,
Your embroidery looks so adorable.
Thanks for sharing it with us. I can see that you have tried to use more than just the back stitch.
I am glad that you are inspired to learn more, fulfilling one purpose of our tutorial. Please put up more of your embroideries for us to see and others to feel inspired as well.
Thank you so much for your tutorials! I’m a beginner and I always have your site up while I’m doing my own work. Could you do a tutorial or, point me to a good one, on how to tie off your work at the back? My finishing knots seem to be a little loose and start to unravel.
Dear Michelle,
We are so glad that you have been refering from our tutorial pages.
I will be putting up a tutorial page on the basics of embroidery, whiich will also include how to tied off at the end. But, please do allow me some time.
In the meanwhile, I can give you a tip: when you finish with your work, and the needle is at the reverse side of the fabric, take the needle under the nearest stitch that shows up at the back of fabric. Do this without plucking the fabric beneath. Now, turn around the needle, making a loop with the thread and take the needle in through this loop. Pull the needle out and you have a secure knot that is neat and will never unravel. I hope you are able to follow this direction and it helps you.