How To Close Up A Seam With Invisible Hand Stitching - Sew4Home

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8 Comments Newest Oldest Most Voted Inline Feedbacks View all comments Nikki 1 month ago

May I fill the pillow with rice or buckwheat? Do I need to be aware of fabric and thread strength as the filling is heavy and granular? Thank you for any advice.

0 Reply Admin Liz Johnson 1 month ago Reply to Nikki

Are you asking about a specific pillow project here on the site. This tutorial is a general one about how to do the ladder stitch. For the most part, if your filler is going to be quite heavy you would likely want a mid to heavier weight fabric. Most threads are quite strong, so if your stitches are small and close together, they will hold. It’s hard to give you a more specific answer since I’m not sure what type of pillow you are hoping to make.

0 Reply Liz K 9 months ago

My problem is that I go too fast when I’m hand stitching and my stitches look sloppy. Thanks for this article.

0 Reply Admin Liz Johnson 9 months ago Reply to Liz K

Ha! easy to do. I also channel my inner turtle – slow and steady wins the race 🙂

0 Reply ANDREW 1 year ago

HOW TO DO THE INVIS STICH

0 Reply Admin Liz Johnson 1 year ago Reply to ANDREW

Hello Andrew – the steps for how to create this stitch are described and shown above.

0 Reply Taryn 6 years ago

I’m never sure how to end this stitch, and most tutorials don’t show how. Do I tie a knot at the end? If so, how do I hide it? Any good tutorials or youtube videos you can point me to?

13 Reply Admin Liz Johnson 5 years ago Reply to Taryn

@ Taryn – The traditional method is to use a small, simple knot with your needle and thread, cinching it up tight against the seam and trimming the tails close. Take a stitch, leaving a loop, and feed your needle back though that knot and pull tight. Do that once, twice – or even three times. Whether or not you can kind of bury it within the seam and/or the surrounding fabric depends on the project and the fabric type you are using. For example, hiding the knot in fleece or corduroy is easy; hiding it on silk is a… Read more »

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