EMBROIDERY

Chain Stitch

WHAT IS IT?

• Chain stitch is a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern

HOW TO DO IT

• Make a stitch. Not too big, not too little. Not pulled too tight.
• Come up a short distance away from the end of the stitch, and pass the tip of your needle through it.
• Pull your floss all the way through.
• Re-insert your needle into the same hole that your floss exited. Pull all the way through.
• Repeat. Pass needle through the last loop, pull the floss all the way through, re-enter your needle, pull all the way through.
• By Jino Deña

Bullion Stitch

WHAT IS IT?

• A decorative stitch similar to the French knot forming very short bars

HOW TO DO IT

• Push the needle almost all the way through the fabric
• Fold the fabric where the needle exits
• Wind the thread around the needle
• Slide them down the needle and hold with right index finger
• Hold the pointed end of the needle with your left hand and pull it through with your right hand to get the wraps off the other end of the needle
• Pull it through until the needle can be flat on top of the fabric
• Smooth your knot by using the needle under the knots until it's where you want it
• Make sure the working thread is pulled through the knot and pull it through the end of the knot where the thread already passed through
• By Diego Grageda