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Friday 17 April 2020

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 130: Antwerp Edging Stitch

Do you fancy a linear stitch today? Here is an edging stitch, neat on a folded edge, but it can also be used on a flat piece of fabric. It is called Antwerp Edging Stitch and was found in A-Z of Embroidery Stitches 2.

Fold a piece of fabric and take
the thread out in the middle of the fold.

Take a stitch to the right in the fold,
away from you.

Loop the thread as you see in the 
picture.
Take a stitch inside the loop, towards you.

Pull through to make a knot.
Make a new stitch in the same way.

Actually you don't need to shape a loop with your finger, 
just insert the needle from left to right.

Pull the thread tight for a 'close to the surface' look,
or give the thread some slack to create a garland of loops.


 Instead of stitching over a folded edge,
you can of course take small bites of flat fabric
for a surface stitch.
The technique is the same.


Homework:



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3 comments:

  1. Janie20 April 2020 at 03:15

    That's a useful edging or linear stitch.
    Good tutorial too, thanks for sharing.

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  2. carorose20 April 2020 at 09:57

    I have a few uses for that stitch, thanks for including it.

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  3. Rachel20 April 2020 at 19:58

    It's a good edging stitch, with a different look to blanket stitch - can be very useful!

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