Straight or Flat stitch is a class of simple embroidery and sewing stitches in which individual stitches are made without crossing or looping the thread.[1][2] These stitches are used to form broken or unbroken lines or starbursts, fill shapes, and create geometric designs.
Running stitch, Holbein or double-running stitch, satin stitch and darning stitch are all classed as straight or flat stitches. Backstitch is also sometimes included in this category.[1]
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Applications
Pattern darning is an ancient technique in which parallel rows of straight stitches in varying lengths are arranged to form geometric patterns.[3] Japanese Kogin embroidery is a pattern darning style from the island of Honshū, often worked in white cotton thread on rough, dark blue indigo-dyed linen.[1]
Variants
Variants of straight stitches include:[1] [2]
- Running stitch or straight stitch (for variants and technique, see Running stitch)
- Double-running or Holbein stitch (see Holbein stitch)
- Darning stitch
- Arrowhead stitch
- Eye stitch, a sixteen-stitch starburst resulting in a hole in the center
- Algerian eye stitch, a simplified starburst of eight stitches
- Fishbone stitch
- Open fishbone stitch
- Raised fishbone stitch
- Flat stitch
- Satin stitch (see Satin stitch)
- Seed stitch, small individual running stitches used as fillings or accents
Stitch gallery
 Arrowhead stitch |
 Eye stitch |
 Algerian eye stitch |
 Fishbone stitch |
 Open fishbone stitch |
 Raised fishbone stitch |
 Flat stitch |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d Enthoven, Jacqueline: The Creative Stitches of Embroidery, Van Norstrand Rheinhold, 1964, ISBN 0-442-22318-8, p. 29-46
- ^ a b Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992). ISBN 0-89577-059-8, p. 46-51
- ^ Christie, Grace: Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, London, John Hogg, 1912
External links
- The Crimson Thread of Kinship is a 12-metre-long embroidery predominately using a straight stitch at the National Museum of Australia
References
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- Caulfield, S.F.A., and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.
- Christie, Grace (Mrs. Archibald Christie: Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, London, John Hogg, 1912
- Eaton, Jan. Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, Revised by Jan Eaton. London: Hodder&Stoughton, 1989. ISBN 0-340-51075-7
- Enthoven, Jacqueline: The Creative Stitches of Embroidery, Van Norstrand Rheinhold, 1964, ISBN 0-442-22318-8
- Reader's Digest, Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992). ISBN 0-89577-059-8
- Levey, S. M. and D. King, The Victoria and Albert Museum's Textile Collection Vol. 3: Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1993, ISBN 1851771263
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