Basic Stitches -Blanket Stitch

Basic Stitches -Blanket Stitch

 Blanket stitch is use:

• to hold fabric pieces together firmly–sew or repair seams.
• in place of machine stitching in handmade garments.

Steps 1

●     Tie a knot.

●     Insert the needle into the fabric from the bottom side.

●     Pull the needle + floss through the fabric. 

 

Step 2

●     Insert the needle from the bottom side and out to the top side at point 2

●     Pull the needle + floss through the fabric and leave a small loop ( see photo).

●     Insert the needle through the loop as show in the photo. 
●  Pull the floss all the way.

Step 3

●     At the top side, insert the needle at point 1.

●     Put your needle, loop the floss from behind the needle. See photo.

●     Now, you can pull the needle all the way.

●     Pull this stitch tight so the vertical bar is straight up.

 

Step 4

●     Continue across using Step 3

  Import ! How to do the corner.

 

Step 5

●     Using the same method as Step 3

●     Insert the needle that the 45 deg point (See photo)

 

Step 6

●     Repeat Step 3 till you finish the edge.

 Step 7

 ●     Finish the end by doing a knot at the end.

●     Using the floss, loop 3 loop round the needle.

●     Using your finger, press on to the loops and pull the needle to a thug.

●     Cut off the extra floss.