How To Hand Stitch A Stuffed Animal

Earlier you tin sew your first toy, yous need to learn the basic stitches. Fifty-fifty if your sewing machine will do majority of the work, these stitches you will demand to know to brand all details for your toys and to attain professional wait at the finish:

The running sew together – the basic stitch No. 1

This is the most basic stitch y'all will use majority of the time. It can be used for sewing layers together equally well as for decorating.

The runing stitch

The ladder stitch – the basic sew No. 2

The ladder stitch is similar to running sew together. You will use this one for endmost upwardly a pigsty from the outside or to attach features like arms, legs, head to the surface of a plushie. Available also: Detailed step-past-step photo tutorial for the ladder stitch

The ladder stitch

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The whip stitch – the basic run up No. 3

This is the sew you lot'll be using to attach details on top of some other piece of cloth and for sewing together felt toys, especially when you will want seams to meet upward flatly to create a shape. This is particularly good for circular shapes, like heads or bodies.

The whip stitch

The blanket stitch – the basic stitch No. 4

The blanket stitch you'll apply for decorating the edges of thick materials or for sewing thick materials like felt together. The stitch tin can emphasize the edges and give the plushy more professional look, especially if it is done in contrasting colour.

The blancket sew together

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The stem stitch – the basic sew No. 5

This stitch you will utilise for decorating your toys like stitching the mouth on the cute plushy confront.

The stem stitch

The back sew – the basic stitch No. half dozen

This stitch will be used for decorative purposes, the same as the stem stitch. Although back stitch is more than suitable for stitching smaller things, the final conclusion depends on the feel you wish to accomplish.

The back stitch

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Don't exist agape to play around with different stiches, see what works amend in unlike situations, which yous prefer to use. There are peachy tutorials on Youtube for all these stitches above, including my SewToy channel you are warmly invited to follow. Happy hand stitching!

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