This is just a ‘fun’ variation of the regular chevron stitch. The stitch technique remains the same but creates an asymmetric effect.
You need to know the chevron stitch to be able to understand this tutorial.
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| Fig 1: Follow the chevron stitch technique, but don’t keep between two stitch lines. Bring about disorganization in the stitch to create this effect. |
Related stitches from the Chevron Stitch Family
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Meeta
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I’m a 59 year old guy who is trying embroidery for the first time. No idea what I am doing. I’m doing this because I want to spend some time with my Mom who is 82. She talks about having embroidered when she was a young girl. So I figured it would be fun to do together. Any ideas as first projects? My Mom wants to do pillow cases, but can’t decide what to put on them. She remembers liking to do leaves…. I went to the craft store, bought every thing we would need and am ready to go. Any ideas would be very much appreciated. Oh and you have a cool web page!
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Hi Russ, I couldn’t resist replying to your post, and I hope you don’t mind that I’m not affiliated with this site except by newsletter. I just love holly leaves! Your pillowcases will be special to you and your mother, and it’s so close to the holidays. A few holly berries are not hard to make, either. Hope you like my suggestion! Good luck, and I hope y’all have a wonderful holiday season!
Dawn
Dear Russ,
I had tried to reply to you earlier. It is a shame that some technical error prevented the reply from being posted and that I had to wait this long before I could try to respond again.
First of all, I want to tell that it is heartwarming to know that you are trying to spend time with your aged mother doing what she likes. I come from a culture where men don’t pick up needle unless it is for a livelihood, so your effort is deeply appreciated.
I can suggest maple leaves in different shades of orange color. Or, try ivy leaves with vines. Dawn’s suggestion is also great.. to have holly leaves as a mark of the season. 🙂
Since you will be participating in embroidering, and it is your first time, I would suggest you look at running stitch, Holbein stitch or the chain stitch for the outlining of the leaves. Use the same for the mid rib, if any.You can probably fill in the leaves using the rice stitch or the seed stitch.
Here are the links to all the suggested stitches:
https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch/running-stitch/running-stitch/
https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch/running-stitch/holbein-stitch/
https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch/chain-stitch/chain-stitch/
https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch/straight-stitch/rice-stitch/
Hope you have a nice time stitching. Please do share a picture or two of the project here. It will be great to see. 🙂
Best wishes.
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Can you check now? It seems to be working now. 🙂
I think the overcast stitch is also known as trailing stitch….
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Lemme SALUTE you first…I totally ADORE your work…I’m attending a dressmaking and embroidery class already ….but I always check your site to learn more and to understand more. Most of the stitches that I learn from my class….I look up here to study them properly…isn’t that cool?? 😉
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Do you intend to put more stitches here??? Like Kutch work?? It is soooo complicated…… And can you please tell me how to do overcasting stitch?? ( its like couching…but not stitched in parts….its stitched wholly which then gives a raised effect ….hope u get wat I mean ) I have an assignment to complete a picture of a swan with overcast stitch….and I dunno where to start and how to do it….
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Hi Sarah…I live in Bangalore, I am 29 years old, I worked as HR and now I am a house wife. I am very much interested in Embroidery, I am passionate about anything which is creative, and I want to learn embroidery..Could you please help me out..
As a beginner, I find these tutorials to be very helpful
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I learn embriodery myself.
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I deeply appreciate you.
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Hi,
Thanks for writing in…it is deeply appreciated. Please share a few pictures of your works here. We would love to see them.
I must say, your English is fine! 🙂 So do write in more. Best wishes.
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I am a 72 year old woman who has embroidered, since a young person, mostly pillowcases and dresser scarves. Now I am preparing to embroider dish towels, and since the back of the work will be as visible as the front, I need to know how to start and finish a length of thread without it appearing messy. Could you help me with this?
Dear Charlotte,
I really appreciate your interest and patience for hand embroidery. 🙂
I don’t know if I can explain your query well enough in this comment box. I can try. First, you should try to pick embroidery styles that might be reversible, like, pattern darning or something like black work. This will ensure that the front and back look the same, and neat.
check these links for an idea:
https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/kasuti/kasuti-lesson-2/
https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/pattern-darning/pattern-darning-lesson-2/
Now, if you really want to use other stitches, then, try to begin and end from the edges of the towels so as to keep the knot towards the ends of the fabric. Try to keep the thread long enough to finish the segment of the pattern. This will help in minimizing new knots in the middle of the pattern.
I wish I could make a tutorial about this, but honestly, it is kind of impossible now. IF this does not help, I hope you get some help from other online sources.
Best wishes. 🙂