About the Surface Satin Stitch The Surface Satin Stitch is an ‘economical’ way of doing the Satin Stitch. Unlike in the Satin Stitch, the back of the fabric will reveal significantly less of the thread. Instead of doing the Satin Stitch in a whipping manner, each stitch is made...
Stitch leaves using the Padded Satin Stitch. When I planned to do a leaf with the Padded Satin Stitch, the aloe vera plant came to my mind instantly. Its fleshy succulent leaves can be perfectly depicted using this padded stitch. So, yes, the Padded Satin Stitch can be great to...
The 12 Basic Stitches using the Color Wheel Hand embroidery does not demand you to learn hordes of stitches to create beautiful samplers and work on a project. So, if you are a beginner, do not get intimidated by the sheer number of stitches that there are. In fact, many...
This Embroidery Stitch Picture Dictionary will help you to identify the stitches even if you don’t know the names! Dig through our embroidery stitch library of 300 stitches below—click over a picture and go directly to the stitch tutorial page. When I started researching and documenting hand embroidery stitches way...
This variation of stem stitch family looks like the satin stitch. The technique used is that of outline stitch, the only difference being that every successive stitch is made within a short gap difference. The tutorial will make it clearer to you. I will work on an open space to...
How to do Flat Stitch This stitch has technical similarities to the fishbone stitch and the opened fishbone stitch. The difference is that this stitch cannot give sharp ends, and therefore, is not ideal for leaves with tapering ends. Instead, this is one of the best stitches to fill in...
This type of satin stitch is used to cover a larger area of the pattern. This allows smaller and tighter satin stitches to be used instead of long and saggy ones. The pattern is broken up into smaller horizontal or vertical sections. Then, each section, at a time, is covered...
Padded Satin Stitch is also known as Puntada de satén acolchada [ES], Point de plumetis [FR], unterlegter Plattstich [DE], Punto piatto imbottito [IT], Ponto cheio com enchimento [PT]. About Padded Satin Stitch This is a Satin Stitch variation with a slight embossed or dimensional look. This is because we first...
Like many other whipped stitches, a contrasting thread is ‘whipped’ over the satin stitch. You need to know the Satin Stitch to be able to do this stitch. Fig 1: First, lay the foundation by doing satin stitch. Use a contrasting colored thread to ‘whip’ over the satin stitch. Bring...
Satin Stitch is also known as Damask Stitch [EN], Puntos Plano [ES], Passé plat [FR], Plattstich / Flachstich [DE], Punto piatto [IT], Ponto cheio [PT], Plattsöm [SV]. How to do the Satin Stitch Satin stitch has a very easy procedure. What is difficult in this stitch is to maintain the...
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