Double Feather Stitch is also known as
Puntada doble pluma [ES], Point d’épine double [FR], Doppelter federstich [DE], Punto corallo doppio [IT], Ponto pena duplo [PT].
About the Double Feather Stitch
The Double feather stitch is a beautiful decorative stitch. It follows the same technique as Feather Stitch but has branches on either side. Once this technique is learned, it is easy to make as many branches as you want to suit your stitch requirements.
How to do the Double Feather Stitch
I would work on five stitch lines A,B,C,D,E. You need to know the feather stitch to be able to do this stitch.
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| Fig 1: Begin by bringing out the needle through C, putting it in through E, and again bringing it back from D, to make the first ‘V’. Start to make the next ‘V’ by taking the needle in through B and bringing it out of C. Make sure that all the diagonal stitches are parallel to each other. | Fig 2: Once you pull out the thread and finish the second ‘V’, you begin the procedure for the next one as shown in the picture. |
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| Fig 3: You have finished one set of ‘V’s. Now you work back towards the right side in the same manner. | Fig 4: This illustration will help you to follow the stitches in sequence, beginning from 1. |
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| Fig 5: A finished portion of the Double Feather Stitch looks like this. |
Other Stitches from the Feather Stitch Family
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Another beautiful application! I love the way you have used the feather stitch variations- different from the typical ones.
im totally impessed by all d stitches and d way u have made it easy fir us to learn it thank u 🙂
Your site is very interesting, and easy
to learn hand embroidery. And I am
beginner in this field, your site is very
useful for beginners. Could you please
place some more finished hand embroidery
pictures and label all stitch’s names used in that embroidery.and also try to include videos if possible.
Sarah your website is very useful and its crystal clear. I love the way you narrate the things here. I am a beginner in embroidery and i can very well understand thru your simple steps of explanation thru pictures.
Kudos… Keep posting
Thanks Susan. Glad that you are liking our pages.
Double feather stitch – my grandmother would use this stitch over darts on the inside of jackets. Nice finishing touch! Love your website!
Hi Sarah,
Your site is very interesting, and easy to learn hand embroidery. And I am beginner in this field, your site it is very useful for beginners. Could you please place some finished hand embroidery pictures and label all stitch’s names used in that embroidery.
Thanks and Regards
Dear Nichu,
Thanks for your useful suggestion. I will try to implement is as soon as possible. 🙂
Hi Sarah,
Please ignore my previous posting
Nice to see your tutorials, I am a software professional but always interested in embroidery and stitching.
For my daughter’s baptism, I stitched her dress and other accessories.
I read all your embroidery posting, and I could find you have done good rearch for getting all these material.
Can you post tutorial on kamal kadai work.
Also we can find many indian embroidery stiches like
Kantha work
Chemanthy work
katch work
Thanks
Dear Mini,
Thanks for going through our pages.
All warm wishes on your daughter’s baptism. 🙂
I am yet to make tutorials for many embroidery styles, including kamal kadai. It might take some time, depending on how I get a chance to do it.
Best wishes
Very glad to find ur blog Sarah…………….Ur works are neat………thread colors are amazing…………….Ur work motivates me to do more work on art and in job also……..Thank you so much
Hello Sindhu,
Thanks for all your kind words…really makes us feel good! 😀
Hello Sarah,
only today that i discovered your website! i found your tutorial really helpful. I’m sure to add you for my embroidery lessons (very new hobby!). Can you help me with my brooch making? I am not sure how to sew between 2 felt materials. I saw some example of felt brooches online but not sure how they did that. It looks complicated for beginner like me.
Dear Jun,
I am happy that you found our pages interesting. 🙂
Sadly, I am not too sure of brooch making. I hope you find some good source to help you with it.
hi sarah,
Could you please tell me where i can get these lovely embroidery kits with instructions within them.i live in india.
i wanna know from which online store i can order good kits.
Thankyou
Rebecca
Dear Rebecca,
Since I have never really used any online options for embroidery kits, I am not aware of any.
You can try some embroidery stores in your city…am sure they might have something. 🙂