Running stitch

Basic Hand-Embroidery Stitches:

Running stitch

What is Running stitch? The running stitch or straight stitch is the basic stitch in hand-sewing and embroidery, on which all other forms of sewing are based. Straight stitch usually used to do some ordinary suture, pleating, and border. The distance is generally maintained equally size at about 3-4 mm.

How to do the Running stitch? Let’s go to try it now~

Material: thread (shinning yellow), needles, needle scissor, no-woven

basic material

Basically, thread a needle and tie a knot in the end of the thread (always same) before start every stitch. Then start by sending your needle from back to the top though the no-woven, and push it tight.

needle pull from back

After that, poke the needle back down through the felt next to where you just came up, 

back down

and pull the thread down into your first stitch.

first stitch

Now leave some distance to continue next stitch (usually approximately 5mm), so just repeat the first stitch poking your needle up through the no-woven.

repeat by same distance stitch

Remark: try to have a fix distance, so it looks into a straight line.

look like a straight line

So just remand your stitching length until the end.

continue steps until the end

Lastly, knot your thread off on the underside of the felt, and your stitch is complete. 

running stitch finished