Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 303: Tacked Herringbone Stitch

Let Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials teach us the Tacked Herringbone Stitch. It is a nice variation of one of the most basic stitches.

As you can understand you have to start 

with a line of Herringbone Stitch.

As for the tacking, change to another

thread and add small upright crosses.

Method 1

Either you do the horizontal stitches first,

alternating upper and lower lines, 

and the vertical lines on the return trip.

Method 2

Or you work a line of Running Stitch

first,

and then the upright stitches.

Method 3

Or you make each cross individually.

The final result looks the same whatever method 

you use, but the Method 3 gives you the shortest 

stitches on the back, and saves thread.

Homework:

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