How to do the Reversed Fly Stitch - Sarah's Hand Embroidery

About the Reversed Fly Stitch

The Reversed Fly Stitch is a combination of a row of Fly Stitch worked in both the directions in a coordinated fashion. You can bring in many mini variations of this stitch by keeping the arms of the reverse row shorter than the first row. I prefer to connect the arms and tails of both rows to achieve a beautifully coordinated pattern.

How to do the Reversed Fly Stitch


Fig 1: Start by making a Fly Stitch.	Fig 2: Make a vertical row of the Fly Stitches with spaces, as shown.

Fig 3: Now, turn around your row of Fly Stitches, and start working another row over it. While making the Fly Stitch, make sure to share the stitch points of the earlier row.	Fig 4: Connect the tails of the earlier row with the tails of the new row.

Fig 5: Similarly, connect the arms of the previous row with the arms of the Fly Stitches in the new row.	Fig 6: You would get a pattern like this.