How to slip stitch. Tailoring Thursdays™, Tips, Tricks and Techniques for Sewers Hand-stitching: The Slip Stitch So you are just about finished with your latest project and the directions read, "slip stitch opening closed.
" Once you mustered to pick your jaw up off of the floor, I bet you thought, I don't want to hand stitch! There is generally ONE thought regarding hand-stitching: Fear. Fear that it will be too hard, take too long, or that you just cannot do it. But, hand-stitching doesn't have to be something to fear! The slip-stitch is probably one of the more common techniques utilized in machine sewing patterns. Most often called for in bag and pillow patterns. Here are step by step photos and instructions for slip stitching. Here I have a block that needs to be finished. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Close Seam w/ Ladder Stitch. Invisible Closing Seam ~ A tutorial. Invisible Closing Seam.On all these cute little animals and friends that I'm making, I like to have a nice finish to them.
It's much easier to just whip stitch them closed, but not very attractive and frankly, I think it gives the kids something to pick at. Let's hide those stitches!! No Cat Teeth. Materials: ~Hand Quilting thread~ because it's a little stronger and I want to give my seam every possible chance to withstand lots of playing and loving. ~Needle~I basically just find a needle in my stash to use.
For the pictures, I have used a contrasting thread with the red, but if I was really closing this seam up, I would of course, use red. Directions match the photo above them. To begin with you might want to pin the opening closed so that you can concentrate on your stitches more than keeping the opening closed. Cut about 12" of thread. Going straight across from where I came up (with the knot) take a little stitch in the fold on the bottom. Pull thread through.
Pull thread through. Embroidery Tutorials by Jenny Hart. How-To: Dark Fabrics Part 1 How-To: Dark or Stretchy Fabrics Part 2 How-To: Tracing Paper & Transfer Pens.
Stitch & embroidery dictionary. This picture dictionary will help you to identify the stitches based on how they look.
Hovering over the stitch picture will display the stitch name. Clicking over the picture will take you to the respective tutorial pages. Tags: back stitch, chain stitch, cretan stitch, cross stitch, embroidery tutorials, feather stitch, fishbone stitch, fly stitch, hand embroidery, herringbone stitch, knots, palestrina stitch, picture dictionary, running stitch, satin stitch, stem stitch, stitch dictionary, stitch family, stitch variations, weaving stitch 213 Comments »
Hand sewing w/o knotting the thread. If you're still tying a knot in your thread to start your hand stitching, today's tip will change the way you sew forever.
Seriously. I used to knot my thread, and it made me crazy that half the time that knot would just pull right through, and even if it didn't, it left a lump in my garment where the knot was. Ugh. This method solves the issue of loose weave fabric and doesn't give you the "this was made by a third grader" look that a big honkin knot in your thread does. Here's how you do it: Incredibly poor choice of thread color so you can see what I'm doing.