This super forgiving and simple technique provides a fun texture to your work!
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Embroidery filling techniques
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Learn all about the beautiful and versatile satin stitch. Discover the different types of satin stitches and how to create smooth fillings.
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Whether you’ve just begun your embroidery journey, or whether you’re a seasoned stitcher, you’ve probably asked yourself, “What stitch should I use to fill this area?” at some point. To help you answer that question, I’ve rounded up 16 different filling techniques that can be effectively used in embroidery, with links to articles and tutorials. ...
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Brick Stitch This is one of the simplest ways to fill a space. Brick stitch is done by stitching staggered lines of back stitch side by side. So once you know your back stitch you're good to go! Similarly, many line stitches (stem, chain, split) can be placed side by side to fill a space.Satin Stitch Another simple but very effective way to fill a small area. Long straight stitches are laid side by side to give a cohesive block of colour. The fewer threads used here the better, as they lie…
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My default stitch for when I need to fill an area in an embroidery pattern is satin stitch but I don’t particularly enjoy stitching it so I’ve been enjoying trying out a range of different filling stitches.
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Burden stitch is a lovely stitch for filling areas of your embroidery. It creates a good texture and can be stitched in different ways to mix this up.
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Lately, I’ve been having a discussion with some beginning embroiderers about filling stitches that work well on surface embroidery projects, especially where you’re filling small elements here and there in a standard stylized or realistic design. I thought I would share the results of that discussion here, in a distilled version, in case you struggle ...
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Learn how to make a stem stitch filling in hand embroidery. Simple video tutorial will show you how to use a stem stitch for filling areas.
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Satin Stitch is one of my favourite stitches. I love the smoothness of the finished satin stitched shape. There is something very satisfying about it. It takes a little bit of practice to get a smooth result. But the effort is worth it, so don’t give up. You’ll get there with practice. I always outline
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Here are 9 of my go-to hand embroidery stitches for filling in spaces, step-by-step instructions, and examples.
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