The next step is to return to where the H crosses the cross line of the T. You’ll only need to whip the back of the stitches about twice to return you to the center of the cross line.įinish backstitching the cross line all the way to the right. Wrap your working thread around the back of the stitches by “whip stitching” around the back of the stitches. To return to the center and finish the right side of the cross line, turn your work over. Instead, I started my next stitch on the cross line right in the middle of the line and worked the backstitch all the way to the left end of the cross line. If we were to take our thread to the left side of the cross line on the T, we’d end up trailing a thread across the back of the embroidery, where it could be seen. Our last backstitch ended a whole stitch length below the cross line. However, we’re not going to do that here. Now, at this point, if you were hand writing, you would probably pick up your pen and take it to the far left of the top line on the T, put the pen down, and draw a straight line to cross the T. I stitched all the way to the top of the line. Using small stitches evenly spaced, I’m embroidering the base of the T with backstitch. I’ve already posted a picture tutorial on beginning your embroidery threads in this manner, if you want to take a look at this technique in detail. Then, bring your needle up at the very base of the letter, so that you’re ready to travel up the line of the T, covering up the small stitches en route. Take two small straight stitchs in the fabric, towards your starting point and away from the knot, ending at the back of the fabric. With knot in the thread, take your needle down into the fabric about a half an inch away from the base of the letter. To begin stitching, I started at the base of the T. Fabric and hoop were discussed in yesterday’s post. I’m using two strands of DMC cotton and a #8 crewel needle, and the stitch I’m using is backstitch. The first sample of hand embroidered lettering is on the word “The” at the beginning of my sample sentence (“The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog”). Yesterday, I showed you the lettering sample I’ll be using for these tutorials, and how I set it up to start stitching. Here’s the first stitching instruction installment for hand embroidered lettering.
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