Plaited Fly Stitch

Plaited Fly Stitch is also known as

Puntada de Mosca Trenzada [ES], Geflochtener Fliegenstich [DE], Ponto de Mosca Entrançado [PT].


How to do the Plaited Fly Stitch

This is a variation of the ‘Y’ shaped Fly Stitch. The series of the Fly Stitch is done horizontally, and here, you overlap the legs of each fly stitch over the other. You need to know the Fly Stitch to be able to continue with this tutorial.

Fig 1: Begin by making a single Fly Stitch. After finishing with the tail, bring out the needle just before the second leg of the fly stitch, as shown.Fig 2: Continue with the process of making Fly Stitches, but each time, overlapping the tips of the legs of the Fly Stitches.
Fig 3: A series of plaited Fly Stitch would look like this.

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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

 

14 Responses

  1. S
    Savithri says:

    Your tutorials are so helpful and inspires me!

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    Savithri says:

    Dear Sarah,
    By chance I came across your wonderful website and it is so wonderful. I love the embroidery work…I have been doing for awhile. Thank you for the your great work…
    Savithri

  3. LAKSHMI says:

    Sarah Dear

    Your tutorials are amazing!!! I am avid fan of hand embroidery which I first learnt in Class V and have loved it ever since!!! But due to a busy working/family life this hobby eluded me for decades. Recently I could revive my interest and did a years Diploma in Hand Embroidery to revive my memories. Though I know most of the basic stitches given in your tutorials the variations really amaze me!! Really Sky is the limit here!! I have fallen head over heels in love with Brazilian Embroidery. I had never heard of it in my early days!! Please post some tutorials for the various stitches used in this three dimensional embroidery!! Thanks for everything !! and keep embroidering

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    mariam says:

    Dear Sarah
    I loved this site. Its a treasure trove for anyone who wants to learn to embroider. Great work!

  5. April D. says:

    Thank you so much for all your wonderful tutorials. I am new to embroidery and you have made this relatively ‘easy’! Its so nice to be able to have projects that can travel with me and a web site to help me with all of them! Thanks again!

    • sarah says:

      April, wow! You have done such a neat work. 🙂 I really like the way you have done the inside and the centre of the flower. Thanks for sharing your work with us. It should be an inspiration to the other beginners too.

    • sarah says:

      hi April,

      We are working on an E book with illustrated tutorials of 200 and more stitches. We want to feature some samples from our readers as well. Your work and picture looks really nice. If it is okay with you, we would like to consider using the image you have uploaded in this page to feature in our E book. All due credits will be given. Please let us know.

      Best regards,
      Sarah

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    tracy says:

    hi~sarah, can you show me for zigzag coral stitch & basket stitch? thank u very much!

    i love here!

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    harshita says:

    how can i b a member of this site?

  8. h
    harshita says:

    thank for reminding me

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