Seed stitches (small, detached running stitches) are used on the center ribs of these flower petals.
Straight or Flat stitch is a class of simple embroidery and sewing stitches in which individual stitches are made without crossing or looping the thread.12 These stitches are used to form broken or unbroken lines or starbursts, fill shapes, and create geometric designs.
Running stitch, Holbein or double-running stitch, satin stitch and darning stitch are all classed as straight or flat stitches. Backstitch is also sometimes included in this category.1
Applications
Pattern darning is an ancient technique in which parallel rows of straight stitches in varying lengths are arranged to form geometric patterns.3 Japanese Kogin embroidery is a pattern darning style from the island of Honshū, often worked in white cotton thread on rough, dark blue indigo-dyed linen.1
Variants
Variants of straight stitches include:1 2
- Running stitch or straight stitch (for variants and technique, see Running stitch)
- Double-running or Holbein stitch (see Holbein stitch)
- Darning stitch
- Arrowhead stitch
- Eye stitch, a sixteen-stitch starburst resulting in a hole in the center
- Algerian eye stitch, a simplified starburst of eight stitches
- Fishbone stitch
- Open fishbone stitch
- Raised fishbone stitch
- Flat stitch
- Satin stitch (see Satin stitch)
- Seed stitch, small individual running stitches used as fillings or accents
Stitch gallery
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d Enthoven, Jacqueline: The Creative Stitches of Embroidery, Van Norstrand Rheinhold, 1964, ISBN 0-442-22318-8, p. 29-46
- ^ a b Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992). ISBN 0-89577-059-8, p. 46-51
- ^ Christie, Grace: Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, London, John Hogg, 1912
External links
References
- Caulfield, S.F.A., and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.
- Christie, Grace (Mrs. Archibald Christie: Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, London, John Hogg, 1912
- Eaton, Jan. Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, Revised by Jan Eaton. London: Hodder&Stoughton, 1989. ISBN 0-340-51075-7
- Enthoven, Jacqueline: The Creative Stitches of Embroidery, Van Norstrand Rheinhold, 1964, ISBN 0-442-22318-8
- Reader's Digest, Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992). ISBN 0-89577-059-8
- Levey, S. M. and D. King, The Victoria and Albert Museum's Textile Collection Vol. 3: Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1993, ISBN 1851771263
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