Closed Fly Stitch

Fly Stitch is also known as

Punto de Hoja Cerrado [ES], Point Fongère Fermé [FR], Geschlossener Fliegenstich [DE], Ponto de Mosca Fechado [PT].


How to do the Closed Fly Stitch

This a ‘closed’ version of the Fly Stitch. To enable this ‘closed’ or gathered look, the Fly Stitch is given a ‘V’ shape, instead of a ‘Y’ shape. This stitch is great to create quick and easy fillings, especially on leaves. It can also take on gentle curves comfortably. You should know the Fly Stitch to be able to proceed with this lesson.

Fig 1: Start by making a single Fly Stitch, but this time with the ‘tail’ as short as possible. For this, finish the tail by keeping it as close as possible to where it began. So, instead of a Y, you get a V shape.Fig 2: Now continue to make a series of such Vs, one behind the other and as close as you can, as shown. A small series of closed fly stitch would look like as above.

Related Projects

Do you want to know where and how to use this stitch? Check out the projects below and learn more! Make something beautiful.

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Leaf Embroidery

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Related Stitches from the Fly Stitch Family

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Fly Stitch

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Whipped Fly Stitch

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Closed Fly Stitch

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Plaited Fly Stitch

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Twisted Fly Stitch

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Crossed Fly Filling

 

5 Responses

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    Paula Regler says:

    what a great site for all us that love hand sewing

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    Neidy says:

    Hola! Sara está muy linda la puntada, se puede aplicar a cualquier diseño?

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    gyram says:

    i really love this site. 🙂 thank you for this. even though some of them is hard to make,.. but still i love it. amazing!

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