Welcome back for another embroidery tutorial! Today I am showing you the Satin Stitch. It has a few variations, but they are all used for pretty much the same thing: filling in an area of your embroidery with solid color. The satin stitch is basically a series of stitches made very close together, which leaves a solid block of color and a satin finish.
To start, I selected a little chevron pattern and transferred it to my fabric:
Next, select your embroidery floss, thread your needle and start your first stitch by pulling through your fabric from back to front, as shown below.
Finish the first stitch by going back into your fabric at the top of your end line. I am working this satin stitch in an up and down motion. You can work in any direction you like, but it is very important that all of your stitches be in the same direction and are made evenly. If you are just starting out, I recommend working either straight up and down, or straight side to side. Diagonals can be very hard to space evenly without practice.
Once you have made your first stitch, continue along in exactly the same way, following your pattern lines and spacing your stitches as closely and evenly as possible.
Once you are finished you will end up with a nice solid patch of color like this:
When starting out, you may find your outline is a little less than perfect, so you can always go back and outline it with a backstitch or some other stitch you like.
Beautiful!! This would make such a fun gift for someone. Thanks for sharing your talents.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap. I had no idea there were so many different and gorgeous embroidery stitches out there. Fantastic tutorial btw.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I found the above tutorial site and felt like my tutorials were a slow ride to grandma's house in comparison. Not that mine are bad really, just that it would take me all year to get even close to all of the one's listed on the other. Plus, I have never even attempted a great many of those! Some are really awesome looking though, I'll have to try it out :)
DeleteI think something happened to the url above. I'd found it via craftgawker (as I did this post!) and adored it. I opened it again today, and it doesn't work!
DeleteThis is great! Thanks for sharing! It never looked so easy before :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this! I'm trying to make some plushy toys but I really hate eye beads, and being inexperienced with stitching I didn't know what to look for ^^ this is a great tutorial, thank you! <3
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome! I would recommend practicing a bit first, circles can be a little trickier than straight lines. :)
Deletevery nice design of Embroidery .it looks very beautiful.
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