Buttonhole stitch

Buttonhole stitch (aka blanket stitch) is a fun stitch that'll help you create all sorts of different effects in your embroidery.

It's been a while since we had a tutorial for a new stitch here, right? I thought it's time to revive this tradition and add some new names to the Stitch Library of this blog :) I sort of relaxed with the stitches' lessons since all the basic and most widely spread ones have already been covered. But there are so many fun stitches still left to explore, and frankly speaking, I haven't tried them myself yet, so it will be the first time for me too. The stitch we are going to look at today, is…

Learn to tell the difference between two useful and easy-to-sew stitches - the blanket stitch and buttonhole stitch.

Embroidery Stitch Library

Learn how to make a buttonhole stitch and its many uses in sewing other than to make the hand made buttoholes

Hi all , How are you ? This time we wanted one hand-embroidered bed cover. We bought this cotton light blue bedsheet. Using tracing paper and carbon paper we printed this floral design, all over the bedsheet with equal distance. The process was a little lengthy and time taking. But once the tracing work is over we decided to use buttonhole stitch with four stands of silk thread. We decided to do only outline instead of filling the whole design. That’s why the stitching was finished so quick…

Tailor's Buttonhole Stitch is durable version of buttonhole stitch features a knotted edge. Useful for heavy weight fabrics. Place stitches close together and work from left to right. Step 1. Come up at A. With needle over working thread, go down at B and come up directly below at C. Pull thread to form knot at top. Step 2. Go down through knot at D and come up at E over working thread. Pull to form another knot and continue.

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