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Satin Stitch

Satin Stitch for Technique Tuesday - How to

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/satin-stitch • Posted by MischievousRaven

Showing how to do a simple satin stitch. I learnt how to do this by my Textiles Tutor in college, 2 years ago. If you are anything like me and are not a very good sewer by hand, this tutorial will even get you stitching

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

1 h 00

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

Showing how to do a simple satin stitch. I learnt how to do this by my Textiles Tutor in college, 2 years ago. If you are anything like me and are not a very good sewer by hand, this tutorial will even get you stitching

Instructions

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    Gather all your materials.

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    Put your material between the 2 hoops and tighten. To start with (for practise), draw a box with the pencil on your tightened material.

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    Thread your embroidery thread through the needle so its doubled up and tie a knot at the end. Now some people don't double it and tie the ends, but if your anything like me you find it starts to unravel. To start stitching, I start at the top corner on your pencil line.

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    Then sew on the bottom corner on the line. Come back to the top and insert your needle as close to where u first started and then sew down to as close as you can to the bottom of the stitch.

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    Keep going until your getting close to finishing your thread. Should look something like this.

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    When you have come to the end of your thread, turn over to the back and tie a knot. repeat previous steps till you reach the end of your penciled line.

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    Tie off on the back and voila, you have satin stitched

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    If your feeling a bit adventurous and want to do something other than a box, draw your design and do a running stitch on the penciled line.

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    And satin stitch it.