Embroidery long and short stitch

As you probably know, I am very fond of the embroidery technique called long and short stitching, and I hope more and more people fall in love with it and see that it is actually not that scary and not that hard. Well, it is not that easy either and it requires some time and patience to get friendly with it. But it is totally worth it, isn't it? By today I actually have plenty of material on this blog about long and short stitch as well as needle painting. So I decided to gather it all up in…

This topic is something I've wanted to cover for a while now. It is especially beneficial for beginner embroiderers who are currently exploring long and short stitching and needlepainting. So, today's topic is actually not just “using long and short stitch as a filler”. I mean, we all know that it can be used as one, right? And we all know the main “how's” of using it as a filler: outline the shape and fill with long and short stitches. In fact, the main point that I wanted to speak about…

Long and Short embroidery stitch, also called needle painting or thread painting, is a fill type of stitch that produces … Read More

The long and short stitch, also known as thread-painting or needle-painting, is a form of freestyle embroidery, often used for filling big areas and shading flower petals or bird feathers in needle painting. The characteristic feature of this stitch is that the stitches of the first row are worked in such a way that they are alternately long and short. Read more to learn some tips to make long and short stitches with ease. Click to watch tutorial now or Pin for later!

This long and short stitch tutorial will help you easily fill shapes and add gradations of color. Step-by-step instructions, photos, & video.

Learn how to fill the parts of embroidery design with texture and color with these six embroidery stitches: Seed stitch, French knots, Long and short stitch,...

Learn how to long and short stitch form this tutorial and my tips!

Let's make long and hsort stitching easy by splitting the process into sections

As you probably know, I am very fond of the embroidery technique called long and short stitching, and I hope more and more people fall in love with it and see that it is actually not that scary and not that hard. Well, it is not that easy either and it requires some time and patience to get friendly with it. But it is totally worth it, isn't it? By today I actually have plenty of material on this blog about long and short stitch as well as needle painting. So I decided to gather it all up in…

Hand embroidery design long and short

The long and short stitch is a classic needlepoint technique that will give your creations depth and dimension. From traditional samplers to complex realistic landscape scenes, the long and short stitch can help you create the perfect masterpiece. Read on to learn all about the needlepoint long and short stitch!

It goes by several names but is perhaps most widely known as Long and Short Stitch and but why it is called this is a mystery to me! Although the first and last rows contain short stitches, all the other rows consist entirely of long stitches. Japanese embroidery calls the technique sashinui which is described as "a stitch used to fill an area with different layers of threads, which are superimposed on the threads below or inserted between them". I don’t think that 'long and short stitch' is…

Long and short stitch

Blanket Stitch

This is sponsored post for DMC. All opinions are my own. I just finished another hand embroidery design that I’m sharing with you today. I used the long and short …

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