Author: mwilliams

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Overcast stitch: Poke up from the back of the fabric (paper) through the first hole, then bring the thread over the top of the fabric (paper) and poke the needle tip up through the second hole, and repeat. Your needle will always be poking up through the back of the fabric (paper).
Hand Stitching Worksheet
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Running Stitch: Poke up from back of fabric (paper), poke down into fabric 1/4 inch away from where you came up through, poke back up from bottom 1/4 inch away from where you went down through, repeat these steps. You will create a dotted line across the fabric (paper)
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Now do a row of your own connecting the two dots below
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Back Stitch: Starts like a running stitch. Poke up from back of fabric (paper), poke down into fabric 1/4 inch away from where you came up through, poke back up from bottom 1/4 inch away from where you went down through, now poke back down into the end of the last stich so they are connected together, poke back up from bottom 1/4 inch away from where you went down through, now poke back down into the end of the last stich so they are connected together, keep repeating the last two steps. It will make a connected line across the fabric (paper).
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Now do a row of your own connecting the two dots below
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Hemming Stich: Fold over the fabric to the desired size. For this paper on fold on the line below. You Poke up from back of fabric (paper) so you are going through both layers of fabric (paper), then poke back down through the fabric (paper) 1/4 inch across from where you came up through so you are only going down through one layer of the fabric (paper), Poke back up from the bottom through both layers of the fabric (paper) 1/4 inch away from your first stitch, then poke back down through the fabric (paper) 1/4 inch across from where you came up through so you are only going down through one layer of the fabric (paper), repeat.
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