Embroidery Stitches: Coral Stitch

Coral stitch is also known as knotted stitch, snail trail, beaded stitch or German Knot.

Coral Stitch is used in White work Embroidery as a reinforcement stitch along with the Chain stitch. It is also used in surface embroidery to create continuous knots. It can be used for outlining a design on even for filling an area when worked parallel and close to each other.

Bring the needle up at 'a'. 

Place the working thread along the line of the design.

Pass needle into the fabric under the embroidery thread picking 2-3 thread  from 'b' to 'c' .

Pull the needle while the embroidery thread is looped under the needle (shown above).

How to work Coral Stitch at the Corners

Finish the last coral stitch at the corner.
Take the needle to the other line passing the needle into the fabric and bring it up where next stitch has to be placed as shown in the picture above.
Continue working the stitch.

Happy Stitching !

Long and Short Stitch : The Direction of Stitches

The very important aspect while working long and short stitch ( for that matter, any filling stitch) is the direction of stitches

I happened to come across a very informative article on the direction of stitches at Victorian Embroidery and Crafts.



I am posting here a few excerpts from that article .


The most important questions which arise in the mind of the embroiderer when she attempts work which is something more than mechanical is that of the slant or “direction” stitches should take. A most satisfactory answer applicable to our nature designs is this: “The stitches should take the same direction as do the lines of texture in the flowers and leaves.”

We find that we can do this by considering every form whether composed of curved or straight lines in its relation to a circle constructed on the center-of-radiation of the form.




The base of a flower or leaf is the point of attachment between it and its stem, and this is its center-of-radiation. Set one arm of the compass upon this point and construct a circle which shall contain the form, draw its radii, and the mathematically correct direction of every stitch will at once be apparent.

 
Happy Stitching!!!!!!!!

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How to Satin Stitch a Circle

Here is the easy way to satin stitch a circle , which also gives an almost perfect embroidered circle.

1. Mark the direction of stitches as parallel lines in the circle to be embroidered .

 Start embroidering at the center of the circle , so that the first stitch corresponds to the diameter of the circle

Continue stitching towards one side . As shown in the picture below, one half of the circle is filled using satin stitch.

Here is the satin stitched circle.

Now , the finished work.

Happy stitching !!!!

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