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A FEW USEFUL STITCHES…
BACKSTITCH; This stitch is used in all of my work. These are short stitches
placed end to end. The stitches just meet in the row, but the thread is carried
under the fabric for twice the distance.
LADDER STITCH; Used for closing gaps, such as when Bears have been stuffed
and for placing sleeves into position. Start sewing at the very end and to one
side of the gap. Push the needle through from the underside of the fabric so
that the knot is underneath. Bring the needle and thread over the gap and
make a stitch on the other side that begins level with end of the original stitch
and running parallel to the gap. Then take the needle and thread back across
the gap and make a stitch on that side. Continue working ladder stitches in this
way all the way along the gap. At the end pull the thread up, easing along the
seam as you go and making sure that all of the raw edges are tucked in. Then
finish off firmly.
BLANKET STITCH; Worked from left to right. Bring needle up through fabric.
Holding thread under left thumb, form a loop. Then pass the needle through
the fabric and over the looped thread; repeat.
CLOSED BLANKET STITCH; Forms tiny inverted V’s all along the edge. The
needle is slanted to the left as shown in the diagram for the first stitch, the next
stitch starts at the top of the same stitch and slants towards the right, taking up
a bit of the lower edge to hold it firmly in place. Alternate stitches 1 and 2 all
across the edge.
FRENCH KNOT; Bring thread up through the fabric. Wrap the thread over and
under the needle, crossing beginning thread – this can be done several times
for the eyes on small Bears also used for buttons or impressions of beads – in‐
sert needle in the fabric close to where it came out.
CHAIN STITCH; Worked from the top down. Bring the needle up through the
fabric; hold loop with the thumb and insert the needle again at the same place.
Bring the needle up a short distance away with the thread looped under the
needle; repeat.
Josephine Parnell
Happy sewing….
www.dollshousebears.free-online.co.uk
Photographs & Text © Josephine Parnell 2010
Artisans In Miniature 82
Formatted By Bea Broadwood
BACKSTITCH; This stitch is used in all of my work. These are short stitches
placed end to end. The stitches just meet in the row, but the thread is carried
under the fabric for twice the distance.
LADDER STITCH; Used for closing gaps, such as when Bears have been stuffed
and for placing sleeves into position. Start sewing at the very end and to one
side of the gap. Push the needle through from the underside of the fabric so
that the knot is underneath. Bring the needle and thread over the gap and
make a stitch on the other side that begins level with end of the original stitch
and running parallel to the gap. Then take the needle and thread back across
the gap and make a stitch on that side. Continue working ladder stitches in this
way all the way along the gap. At the end pull the thread up, easing along the
seam as you go and making sure that all of the raw edges are tucked in. Then
finish off firmly.
BLANKET STITCH; Worked from left to right. Bring needle up through fabric.
Holding thread under left thumb, form a loop. Then pass the needle through
the fabric and over the looped thread; repeat.
CLOSED BLANKET STITCH; Forms tiny inverted V’s all along the edge. The
needle is slanted to the left as shown in the diagram for the first stitch, the next
stitch starts at the top of the same stitch and slants towards the right, taking up
a bit of the lower edge to hold it firmly in place. Alternate stitches 1 and 2 all
across the edge.
FRENCH KNOT; Bring thread up through the fabric. Wrap the thread over and
under the needle, crossing beginning thread – this can be done several times
for the eyes on small Bears also used for buttons or impressions of beads – in‐
sert needle in the fabric close to where it came out.
CHAIN STITCH; Worked from the top down. Bring the needle up through the
fabric; hold loop with the thumb and insert the needle again at the same place.
Bring the needle up a short distance away with the thread looped under the
needle; repeat.
Josephine Parnell
Happy sewing….
www.dollshousebears.free-online.co.uk
Photographs & Text © Josephine Parnell 2010
Artisans In Miniature 82
Formatted By Bea Broadwood
