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Get hands-on experience with this guide to the basics of hand sewing. Beautiful and practical, learn this versatile craft through step-by-step techniques, covering everything from construction to decorative stitches.
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Hand Sewing
A DAVID & CHARLES BOOK
Copyright David & Charles Limited 2009, 2010
David & Charles is an F+W Media Inc. company
4700 East Galbraith Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236
First published in the UK in 2009
This digital edition published in 2010
Text, illustrations and photography copyright David & Charles Limited 2009, 2010
Project designs copyright Susan Briscoe, Alice Butcher & Ginny Farquhar, Lynne Edwards, Marion Elliot, Christina Marsh, Ellen Kharade, Sally Southern, Jo Verso and Dorothy Wood 2009, 2010
Susan Briscoe, Alice Butcher & Ginny Farquhar, Lynne Edwards, Marion Elliot, Christina Marsh, Ellen Kharade, Sally Southern, Jo Verso and Dorothy Wood have asserted their right to be identified as authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7153-3882-7 epub
ISBN-10: 0-7153-3882-X epub
ISBN-13: 978-0-7153 -3892-6 pdf
ISBN-10: 0-7153-3892-7 pdf
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You don't need to be an expert to try the simple hand stitches! All the stitches included in this book are very simple and easy to do; even a simple running stitch is great for embellishing your projects, and a few uneven stitches can add to the lovingly handcrafted look. For best results take your time and work in good light, either by a window or with an angled lamp.
Hand-sewn stitches are usually worked in a thread that closely matches the fabric colour and content. Use a short length of thread and a short, fine needle, suitable for the fabric.
Choose a needle with an eye large enough, making sure the thread is not too thick. Hold the needle between the thumb and finger of one hand with the end of the thread in the other hand.
Check that the end of the thread is not split. Hold the end of the thread at the eye of the needle and pass it through. Take hold of the end of the thread at the other side and pull it through.
Feed the needle threader's wire loop through the eye and place the thread through the loop.
Gently pull the needle threader and thread back through the needle, being careful not to pull too hard on the delicate wire loop.
It is always a good idea to start and finish your work correctly, to create the neatest effect and avoid ugly bumps and threads across the back of your work. Here are two methods for starting to stitch: with and without a knot.
To form the knot, take the end of the thread, loop it round and pull it tight. Your knot should be sufficiently large enough to prevent the end of the thread from slipping through the fabric. Bring the needle through the material so that the knot lies neatly on the wrong side.
Bring the needle and thread through to the right side of the fabric, leaving approximately 5cm (2in) of thread at the back of the fabric. Holding the end of your thread in position, take your stitches over the thread on the wrong side of the fabric. Work three or four stitches over the length of thread to secure the end.
Finishing off your work securely is so simple simply weave your thread through your stitches on the wrong side of your fabric. Alternatively, you can finish your hand sewing with a knot or with several back stitches on the wrong side of your fabric if you prefer.
Take the needle and thread through to the back of your work and weave your needle back through the underside of your last few stitches, being careful to keep to the wrong side of your work. Pull the needle and thread and cut off the end of your thread to finish.
The projects included in How to Sew use a variety of stitches for functional and decorative work, however they are all basic stitches that are easy to work, simply by following the step-by-step photographs and diagrams given.
This is the simplest of stitches a short, even stitch that can be used for sewing taking, gathering and as a quilting stitch. Just follow these simple steps:
Start by tying a small knot at the end of your thread. Push the needle from the back of the fabric through to the front.
Make a small stitch and push the needle up again so that the gap between the stitches is about the same length as the actual stitches. Then begin your second stitch in the same way.
Pull the thread right through and then repeat.
For an even running stitch, make the stitches on the underside equal length, but half the size or less than the upper stitches.
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