Ray Stitch is also known as
Fan stitch / Fancy fan / Straight Fan[EN], Puntada de abanico [ES], Fächerstich [DE].
How to do the Ray Stitch
This tutorial is an illustration, of many, of how a few straight stitches can be combined to form patterns to use for embroidery. The Ray Stitch uses eight straight stitches to form a fan-like pattern.
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| Fig 1: Begin by making the leg of the ‘fan’, by doing a Straight Stitch A-B. | Fig 2: Now, make the stitches C-B, D-B, E-B, as shown. |
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| Fig 3: Continue making these straight stitches in a slanting manner with B as the center point. The ray or fan effect begins to take shape. | Fig 4: A completed ray stitch would look like this. |
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