LONG STITCH VARIATIONS
THESE ARE FORMED FROM DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF STRAIGHT STITCHES. THESE LOOK BEAUTIFUL EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE EASY.
Pull the needle out at the bottom of the stitch then insert it above. Pull it out through the bottom of the following stitch.
Embroider stitches of the same length, staggering their positions and embroidering each row alternately.
Long stitches of the same length are embroidered at an angle one after the other to form a line or rows to draw a ribbon.
Alternate the vertical and slanted stitches.
Embroider three vertically adjacent long stitches of the same length and regularly spaced. Pull the needle out to the left, mid-height, then pass it twice around the long stitches, without stitching the fabric. Tighten, and push the needle through the fabric to the right.
It is embroidered from top to bottom. Embroider three long stitches of the same length, starting from the same base point.
It is embroidered from left to right. Take the needle out on the left then stitch on the right at the same height, leaving the floss under the needle. Take the needle out a little lower, at mid-length, and make a vertical stitch to keep the floss in place. The fly stitch can be embroidered using isolated stitches.
It is embroidered like the previous one, but these stitches overlap at the top.
Embroider the first row of sufficiently spaced, small stitches in order to embroider a second row of longer stitches above.
Embroider a first row of small fly stitches spaced at regular intervals, then embroider a second row of similar stitches above these.
Embroider a first row of close, long, oblique stitches from left to right, then a second, from right to left, while stitching in the same hole.
First embroider a central, long stitch. To make the shape of a fan, embroider the two outer points and then the two intermediary points.
Starting from the same central points, embroider the eight branches of the star using turning stitches. The horizontal and vertical stitches are the same-length, oblique stitches midway between the previous ones.
Long stitches of the same length, embroidered two by two, give the shape of a four-petal flower.
To cover the entire surface, stitch very close, vertical long stitches, in a left-to-right direction, from one edge of the pattern to the other.
To save floss, embroider a long stitch from left to right. Take out the needle just below, making a small, vertical stitch. Embroider the long stitch continuing from right to left, and take the needle out just below.
The stitches are closer on the inner part of the ring than on the outer part.
The long, vertical stitches, embroidered from one edge of the pattern to the other, will reduce the length along the diagonal angle. Horizontal long stitches, stitched in the same holes, will progressively increase the length.
This is done in two steps. First embroider two rows (or more, depending on the width) with staggered running stitches. Then, in a left-to-right direction, embroider above them using very close vertical long stitches.
This is also accomplished in two steps. First embroider a single row of lockstitches, then above that stitch a row of small, tight, vertical long stitches.
Embroider four big, long stitches in the shape of a star in the center of the pattern. Shape the outer circle using running stitches then cover the entire surface in tight long stitches or by stitching along the outline.
Embroider the pattern in satin stitch. With a different color floss, embroider the overlocking stitches above as closely as possible.
Embroider a first row of long stitches following the contours of the pattern. In the subsequent rows, push the needle through the floss of the upper rows.
