EMBROIDERY STITCHES DEFINITION.pptx emb

embroidery

1. EMBROIDERY STITCHES

2. Back stitch - the most often used to outline a design. This stitch also forms the base line for other embroidery stitches

3. Bullion stitch - a single detached stitch that is used for filling in a design area. Rows of bullion stitches may also be used to outline a design. It is recommended that one uses a needle with a small eye for ease in pulling

4. Cross-stitch- stitched formed by two crossing arms and may be used for outlining, as borders or to fill in an entire area.

5. Feather stitch- a stitch with a loop and stitches evenly worked on both left and right sides of a design area.

6. Fish Bone- a kind of filling stitch which is ideal for making leaves or feathers. It requires us to divide the pattern into two and each side is filled alternately giving it a plaited effect in the centre, thus ideal to make leaves or feathers.

7. French knot- a single detached stitched used primarily to fill in a design area. It is a popular stitch among embroiderers in that it can be used to create the eyes on an embroidered face or the center of a flower.

8. HERRINGBONE

9. Herringbone stitch- a basic overlapping stitch popular for its use in borders.

10. Lazy daisy chain stitch- also called detached chain stitch, this stitch is work in a circle to resemble the petals of a flower.

11. Looped stitch- a very decorative stitch and can be experimented with threads for various colors over borders. Close layers of this stitch can create wonderful effects on a pattern.

12. Running stitch- considered being the easiest stitch for outlining.

13. Satin stitch- a solid filling stitch that is used to cover a design area with long, straight stitches worked very close together

14. Split- done using quite thick threads, such as wool. It was used as an outlining stitch or as a filling stitch

15. Seed- also known as rice grain stitch. Stitch uses simple straight stitches in a single direction to fill in patterns.