Also known as: Half crossed blanket stitch
As the name suggests, this blanket stitch is a closed variation, but forms a beautiful pattern to edge thick fabrics.
Knowing the blanket stitch will be an advantage. I will work between two horizontally parallel stitch lines.
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| Fig 1: Bring out the needle through A. Now put the needle in through B, as shown. Take the needle out through C. Note that the points B and C are placed diagonally with each other, unlike in the normal blanket stitch. We continue with this ‘diagonal’ approach through out. |
Fig 2: Now, Take the the needle in through D and E, again diagonally placed to each other. Then, Take the needle in through D and bring it out from F as shown. This gives the blanket stitch a ‘closed’ look. | |
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Fig 3: Continue this process for the entire row. A finished row would look like this. When done as an edging, both the sides of the fabric would look the same. |
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Tags: blanket stitch, blanket stitch family, buttobhole stitch, buttonhole stitch variations, closed blanket stitch, embroidery tutorial, half crossed blanket stitch, hand embroidery
Hi,
Wishing u a successful,and creative 2012…..
happiness always,
rajis
Thanks Raji. Wishing you and your family the best in 2012 and always.
Hi Sarah Wishing You And Your Family A Very Happy And Prosperous New Year….
Sarah wer r u put up? I am interested in learning al these things…
Dear Sindhu,
Thanks for your wishes and I wish the same for you and your family too.
We are put up in Pune.
Hi Sarah,
Happy new year!!!!!
I am new to this site of yours, was just googling things about embriodery, came to know about this site.
I know hand embriodery but then due to my work schedules, had stopped doing it since few years.
I want to start again and have started practicing a bit.
Actually wanted some help from you…..
I have a plain dark coffee colour satin skirt, i want to do some embriodery on it but confused about what kind of designs can be done on it, what colour????
If you cud help me out that wud be gr8
my mail id is sushbel.31@gmail.com
By the wat, it really a Wonderful site!!!!!!!!
Gr8 work……
Dear Sushma,
I hope you find our pages to be of good support.
Happy to know that you are picking back upon your hand embroidery skills.
Now, deciding for you, I can suggest doing kasuti work with silk or 3 strands of anchor cotton on your satin skirt. It is easier to do and can be of great effect. Try a light colored thread like, light brown or cream. You can later add some mirrors or sequin border to it. If you want some floral designs, try easier stitches like the holbein or back stitch, stem stitch or even chain stitch. I hope this has given you some idea.
Once you finish your project, we would like if you could share it with us by uploading it along wiht your comment.
Best wishes.
Hi Sarah,
thanks for your reply.
Sure when im done with the work on my satin skirt, i will upload it.
hi sarah, your site is very useful , helped me a lot to understand new stitches… thanks…. a lot.. can u add some designs to practice embroidery?
Dear Saleena,
I am happy that you are enjoying our tutorials.
It might take some time before I can upload some designs for practice, but you can google out soem nice designs.
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Hi,
After “F” the first triangle is complete; but where and how do you begin the next one? What is the next step?
Thanks! I’ve been searching for this stitch and have only found it here. :^)
Oh, wait I think I know! You just repeat the D to E, then D to F! Got it! ;^)
Hi,
You have really explained all the stitches very beautifully….. i am interested in learning it… thanking for creating such a bful, well planned website…..
Hey Sarah! Thanks for the sweet website and tutorials. I was wondering if you have considered showing some of the blanket stitches as edging, as they can be a little hard to start out with. I’m sewing shorts by hand and plan to use the closed blanket stitch to finish my hems, but can’t quite figure out how to work the thread correctly.