Chevron Stitch Video Tutorial
The Chevron Stitch is used in hand embroidery to work decorative bands and seam embellishments. It's a great stitch for smocking, too. Chevron Stitch is a lot like the herringbone stitch, differing only slightly by the fact that the stitches on the upwards stroke do not cross over the downward stroke stitches. It also sports a little straight stitch cap at the top and base of each triangle shape.
The stitch is pretty simple. In the video, I'm working on a counted fabric, which makes it even easier, but it can be worked on plain weave as well. I think it's more suitable to straight lines than curves, but you can play around with it to see how it takes curves for you. You can make up composite bands with it (that is, layering the stitches), and get creative with spacing and height.
This is what the stitch looks like:
You can find more images of the Chevron Stitch in my mini-sampler here.
Here's the video:
For more video tutorials, please visit the Video Library of Stitches Index.
The stitch is pretty simple. In the video, I'm working on a counted fabric, which makes it even easier, but it can be worked on plain weave as well. I think it's more suitable to straight lines than curves, but you can play around with it to see how it takes curves for you. You can make up composite bands with it (that is, layering the stitches), and get creative with spacing and height.
This is what the stitch looks like:
You can find more images of the Chevron Stitch in my mini-sampler here.
Here's the video:
For more video tutorials, please visit the Video Library of Stitches Index.
Labels: beginner embroidery, Hand embroidery stitches, video tutorials
Posted By: Mary Corbet on Saturday, February 03, 2007
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This woman is AMAZING I had no clue how to do embroidery.But now I think i'm a pro!I have told all of my friends about this web site and they all LOVE it!Thank you so much this is the best!
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