Embroidery stitches long and short

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…

Take your embroidery skills to the next level by learning how to do the long & short stitch used in the needle-painting technique.

Long and short stitch is the key stitch used in the silk shading technique. While simple in concept, it's taken practice to get to grips with it.

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!

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Today I offer you a new case study! So if you ever wondered about the correlation between the number of layers (rows) on long and short stitching and the quality of blending, today's post might answer some of your questions, The task when stitching these 3 shapes was to make a transition from yellow to blue. The first example has only 2 colors: yellow and blue. The second example has 3 colors: yellow → green → blue And the third example has 7 colors: yellow → 2 mid shades of yellow-green →…

It’s time for Lesson 7 in the Long and Short Stitch Shading series here on Needle ‘n Thread! In this lesson, we’ll be working element #6, the leaf in the center right side of the sampler. If you’ve just popped in, you can find the rest of these lessons on long and short stitch in ...

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. Head to the Easy To Make designs YouTube channel, watch a video tutorial and learn to embroider long and short stitch. Pin for later or click to watch now!

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, Satin stitch, Weave stitch and Chain stitch filling. Click to watch video tutorial now or Pin for later.

Stella Caraman | Embroidery Patterns & Tutorials on Instagram: "🎄Let’s embroider a pine tree in under 30 seconds. 🪡 I used Satin Stitch with 3 strands and 1 strand for the small details. To get the triangular shape, I “fanned” the stitches—this works when one side is wider than the other, by adding short stitches between long ones. 🪡 The smaller details are done with Straight Stitch using 1 strand, a basic stitch every beginner learns. Are you ready to try it?👇"