Buttonhole stitch in embroidery

Detached buttonhole stitch

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Buttonhole stitches catch a loop of the thread on the surface of the fabric and needle is returned to the back of the fabric at a right angle to the original start of the thread. The finished stitch in some ways resembles a letter "L" depending on the spacing of the stitches. For buttonholes the stitches are tightly packed together and for blanket edges they are more spaced out. The properties of this stitch make it ideal for preventing raveling of woven fabric. This stitch is also the basis for many forms of needle lace. Examples of buttonhole or blanket stitches include:

• Blanket stitch
• Buttonhole stitch
• Closed Buttonhole stitch, in which the tops of the stitch touch to form triangles
• Crossed Buttonhole stitch, in which the tops of the stitch cross
• Detached Buttonhole stitch, in which rows of buttonhole stiches are worked to form a "floating" filling stitch
• Buttonhole stitches combined with knots
  • Top Knotted Buttonhole stitch
  • German Knotted Buttonhole stitch
  • Tailor's Buttonhole stitch
  • Armenian Edging stitch

See also

• Embroidery stitch

In everyday language, a stitch in the context of embroidery or hand-sewing is defined as the movement of the embroidery needle from the backside of the fabric to the front side and back to the back side. ...

References

• Virginia Churchill Bath, Needlework in America, Viking Press, 1979 ISBN 0-670-50575-7
• S.F.A. Caulfield and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.
• Mrs. Archibald Christie. Samplers and Stitches, a handbook of the embroiderer's art, London 1920, 1989 facsimile: Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-4796-6.