January 12, 2010

Straight (Running) Stitch Embroidery How -To

By cherie Stitches - How to 3 Comments

One of the first stitches to learn in sewing or embroidery. In sewing, where the stitches are long it’s known as “basting.” Nothing to do with turkeys.

Tags:embroidery, how to, running stitch, straight stitch

3 Comments

cherie

I use my old vintage needles and have no idea what size they are because they are packaged in assortments. This size range should cover various fabrics and threads using the finest needle that slips through fabric without bending the needle.

http://www.joann.com/embroidery-hand-needles-size-1-5-12-pkg/4301685.html

I also use embroidery needles for most hand sewing because they are sharps and the larger eyes are easier to thread.
January 26, 2016
linda

WONDERFUL INFO AND SO PRETTY
WHAT SIZE NEEDLE?
January 23, 2016

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Most of the patterns are for embroidery but I do plan on expanding the quilting and crochet collection and adding knitting patterns………. my other favorite craft obsession. They are all vintage, copyright-free, with some dating back to the 1800s. Print them out, trace them with a hot iron transfer pen or trace them directly onto fabric using a sunny window or a lightbox. A cheap and easy lightbox can be simply fashioned by putting a lamp under a glass table and stacking the pattern and fabric on the glass. I use kid’s fine point crayola markers for tracing the lines but any washable pen will do just fine.

All the patterns are free and from my personal collection. You may download the embroidery patterns by clicking on the image and saving to your computer. You may use them for stitching items for personal use or for items that you intend to sell. You may not assemble them in a collection as I have on this site to give away or sell digitally (CD, website, etc.) Those of you that intend to digitize the images for machine embroidery either for personal use or commercially are free to do so as the work in digitizing is your own!