About the Running Stitch Family
The Running Stitch is created by taking the needle up and down the fabric at a consistent distance. You can say it is the placing of Straight Stitches linearly. Running Stitch is used in hand stitching for sewing the seams and gathering fabric. It is a ‘light’ stitch often applied as a temporary stitch to hold layers of fabric together before working a permanent stitch. The Running Stitch is a simple stitch and one of the first basic stitches to be learned by anyone who holds a needle. Even children are taught this stitch first. No wonder it has been adapted so well into hand embroidery!
Running Stitch Family in Embroidery
Running Stitch is the basic stitch in many embroideries and stitch works like the Sashiko, Redwork, Pattern Darning, Indian Kantha work, and the Chikankari work. Running Stitch makes a foundation for a variety of weaving, some of which I have created tutorials for. It will give you an idea of the different ways you can make a variation out of. Then, the rest is up to your imagination!
Running Stitch Family
Learn 306 stitches categorized in 20 Stitch Families from our 600-page eBook.
Sarah has been researching and sharing hand embroidery lessons for over 17 years, making it accessible to everyone around the globe.
Hello Sarah, I am from South Africa and rediscovering embroidery. Your tutorials are wonderful. Thank you so much!
I am making myself an Embroidery Sampler Book (or few) by stitching every stitch in each group. It may take me a while, but, oh, I am enjoying it.
I have become passionate about slow stitching, sashiko and burn, but want to stay with these, until my Book/s are further along.
So enjoying the journey.
Running stitch family sampler
Wow, this is beautiful, Shami. It’s cool to have all these stitched at one place like this! How have you been?
Hi Sara .. Thanks for such detailed guide .. I have introduced running stitch for my 6 year old . And she’s showing interest in learning. Your posts are very useful
Hi Yukthi,
Thank you, so much, for sharing this beautiful work with us. It is absolutely adorable. Your child is very talented and she can slowly take up advanced stitching!
It’s awesome 😍 dear.. Loved it 😍
🙂
Dear Sarah,
Writing to you from England, I’m a 23 year old girl just out of university. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed browsing your photos and your exquisite embroidery work. Would love to be able to ask you some questions via email? If you could contact me at lizziepocock@gmail.com I’d be really grateful.
With many thanks and kind regards,
Lizzie
Hi Sarah
It came on 26th September 2013. On the main paper of times of India on page 15.
Thanks a lot, Archana. It seems the article was featured in the Chennai edition of TOI. We got it from the epaper edition.
Cheers,
Dear Archana,
Thanks fro letting know. It was a pleasant surprise!
This site is too good. I appreciate your effort. I came to know about this site through today’s newspaper and am really impressed. Keep going and would love to learn more from you. Thank you.
Dear Archana,
Thanks. 🙂
Can you let me know which edition of Times of India carried the information of our website. Also, which supplement/ page? I think we missed it!
Hi…
I thank u for sharing your experience. I am interested in Kutch work embroidery.
Please let me know when are u going to upload kutch work tutorials…?
hi sarah i was really very haapy about this site
you are super and great i need to ask you one think now im complted go throught all your stitches but how did i know if you post you new stithes
Dear Jaya,
Thanks for your interest shown. 🙂
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Thank you for those tutorials. I am a beginner and want to use emb. in my fabric art journal.
🙂 Thanks Monique. Hope you enjoy embroidering. Do let me know how your fabric art journal is turing out to be. 🙂
Dear Sarah,
Its quite interesting to see your site!
How can i learn stitches here..? i am seeing only stitched designs..!! Kindly help me..!
regards,
Devarpirankrishnan
Dear Devarpiran,
Thanks for referring our pages.
If you look on the right hand side panel, you will see a list of stitch families. Just click on them to get a list of stitches in that family. Click on any of the stitches to get the detailed tutorial.
What you see here is the general information on the running stitch family. On the right hand side, click on ‘running stitch family’ to get a list of stitches demonstrated in the designs here.
Hope this helped. 🙂
You can also check the Stitch Dictionary (link on right hand side panel) for stitches in Alphabetical order.
https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/stitch-dictionary
Hey Marlin, great to see that we share some common interests and your eagerness.
And wow! your dad also enjoyed stitching/knitting!? Except for real artisans, it was difficult for me to even imagine a man holding a needle. 😀 My appreciations to both of them.
Yes, am starting with the most basics and will be progressing to the more complicated ones, so you wont fall short of new stitches to learn. And, you may share some tips and techniques, history, or any info and suggestions as well. It will make learning more interesting. 🙂
yeah!..when it comes to art and books, i am overly enthusiastic..hehe
My appa is a persona – great culinary skills, fantastic singer, awesome painter…n many more skills to cite…
And he completely complements amma…
Would surely love to share stitching notes with you but I stitch or design as per the imagination that brew in my mind…alas, i get to learn it the apt way from you here….:))
I say, am already a fan your dad and mom 😀 . It is a nice thing to see rare talents like this. ‘Rare’ I say, coz your dad is a sport for all. And in that way, Roxy also is an enthusiast in helping me out in my interests.
It is always the nature of a true artist to have ideas and ways of her own throwing up in her work. So I appreciate your way of doings. And along the way if you find there is a scope for a suggestion or correction here, do mention it. 🙂
great!…this is a good initiative…we do share some similar interests….i have enjoyed stitching and knitting since school days and have been always experimenting on my wardrobe. My mom and dad also loved doing it, they have made some awesome shawls, curtains, kurtas…
keep posting, i will be a regular audience now on….:))
that’s great to know marlin! after reading you, juby will ask me to join her :O
hmm…Roxy u should indeed join her!…
In the days to come, you both will cherish those moments together…:))
yes, though i am not yet into the manual part of the stitching, i have been into every other nook and corner of it with her 😉 thanks a lot for inspiring us 🙂
nice post sarah. this simple designs really give a temptation to try this. thanks 🙂
Good to know that these designs have inspired you Priya. You may follow the stitch lessons to know how to make them. 🙂