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The Running Stitch or Line Stitch is the most basic of embroidery stitches and can be used for simple effective decoration on fabric household items.
Here we are going to instruct you on how to do a running stitch so that you can see how easy these are to create, using only a needle, colored or appropriate embroidery thread and a piece of suitable embroidery fabric.
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Tips
- To look "nice," running stitches need to be evenly spaced and of even length.
- You can create different effects by using longer stitches, with smaller spaces between them.
- You can create a light fill with running stitch, by alternating the spacing in parallel lines, forming a kind of "brick" effect.
- Running stitch can also be "whipped" to make a solid line with a rope-like effect.
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Running Stitch Demonstration
Lauren Bradley is a professional fashion designer with many years of experience in various parts of the fashion industry. Here she demonstrates how a basic running stitch is created.
She explains which is the right side and which is the wrong side of the fabric and shows how to move the needle in and out of the fabric to create this stitch.
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Introduction
For this very simple embroidery stitch you will only need the thread and material of your choice, usually a heavier material will warrant a thicker thread, where a lighter material will look better with a finer thread.The needle you use should be suitable for the weight of thread chosen and should also be a special embroidery needle.
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Step 2: Creating The First Stitch
Now decide how long you want you stitch to be and push the needle back down through the material.Turn your work over and try to ensure that the tail of thread left at the back is caught in the back of the first stitch, before bringing the needle back up to the front.
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Step 3: Continuing and Finishing
Continue stitching by pushing the needle from back to front then front to back, at equal distances, always ensuring the tail at the back is secured beneath the running stitch.
When the line, or this could be a curve if you choose, is as you want it you will finish with the needle at the back of the work, now thread the needle back and forth through the back of the stitches to secure, once again.
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