Buttonhole stitch embroidery

Buttonhole stitch (aka blanket stitch) is a fun stitch that'll help you create all sorts of different effects in your embroidery.

It's been a while since we had a tutorial for a new stitch here, right? I thought it's time to revive this tradition and add some new names to the Stitch Library of this blog :) I sort of relaxed with the stitches' lessons since all the basic and most widely spread ones have already been covered. But there are so many fun stitches still left to explore, and frankly speaking, I haven't tried them myself yet, so it will be the first time for me too. The stitch we are going to look at today, is…

Hi all , How are you ? This time we wanted one hand-embroidered bed cover. We bought this cotton light blue bedsheet. Using tracing paper and carbon paper we printed this floral design, all over the bedsheet with equal distance. The process was a little lengthy and time taking. But once the tracing work is over we decided to use buttonhole stitch with four stands of silk thread. We decided to do only outline instead of filling the whole design. That’s why the stitching was finished so quick…

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Shalu ❤️ Embroidery artist | Combination of Buttonhole stitch, Pistil Stitch and French Knots to make this beautiful Embroidery Flower 🌷 Detailed tutorial is… | Instagram

embroidery - buttonhole stitch

Learn to tell the difference between two useful and easy-to-sew stitches - the blanket stitch and buttonhole stitch.

The buttonhole stitch is visually similar to the blanket stitch but uses a different method of sewing. Traditionally, this stitch is used to secure the edges of buttonholes as it gives a much sturdier stitch due to the knots it makes. But, over...

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