Types of Stitches
From Makerpedia
Back stitch
- Start from the underside of the fabric and make a stitch on the top side of the fabric, ending the stitch by bringing the needle back down. Repete the stitch on the back side of the material. After finishing the second stitch, the one on the underside, don't make another forward stitch when the needle comes up. Instead, bring the stitch back. Go over the forward stitch on the bottom again, making the needle come up next to the previous back stitch. This should make a solid line on the top side and a dashed line on the underside.
Basting stitch
Running stitch
- Make the running stitch the same as a straight stitch, except don't pull the needle through after each stitch. Instead, weave the needle up and down through the fabric to make 3 or 5 stitches at a time. This makes it easier to have uniform and straight stitches.
- This type of stitch is good for mending in the elbow or knee area and hard-to-reach spots. It is also good for working on larger surfaces.
Straight stitch (aka simple stitch, stab stitch)
- Start from the underside of the fabric and make a stitch on the top side of the fabric, ending the stitch by bringing the needle back down. Repete the stitch on the back side of the material. Continue the stitch this way until the end.
- Advantages include being able to make the stitch go in any direction and easily change the direction between stitches.
- This type of stitch is good for weird shapes, bulky fabrics and layers, and cleaning mending lines at the end of a project to make them equal in length.
Whip stitch
- Start from the underside of the fabric and make a vertical stitch on the top side of the material, ending the stitch by bringing the needle back down. Make another stitch of the same length on the back side but at a diagonal. The end of the bottom stitch should align the second top stitch to start parallel to the first one. This will create a row of vertical stitches on the top side and a row of diagonal stitches on the underside.
- This type of stitch is good for cleaning the edges of fabric or the edges of a hole seen on an interior patch.
