Basic Stitches

Basic Stitches

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  GARMENT CONSTRUCTION BASIC STITCHING
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  CONTENTS 1. Basic Stitching 2.HandSewing Techniques  Temporary Stitches  Even Basting  Uneven Basting  Permanent Stitches  Running stitch  Back Stitch  Hemming  Slip Basting  Knotted Hemmings
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  BASIC STITCHING Sewing thebasic hand stitches are very easy if you learn each step thoroughly before you start practicing the next step. Sewing by hand is a skill that most, if not all, people should probably attempt to master at some point.
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  Temporary stitches areused to hold the garment pieces together before permanent stitches are made. These are termed as tacking or basting stitches. RARY ES
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  EVEN BASTING STITCH Thisis used for tacking seams and other details, securely. The stitches are of equal length about ¼ inch on both sides of the material. This is used for tacking seams and other details, which must be held securely.
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  BASTING STITCH The stichon the upper side of the fabric is at least twice than that on the underside. The size of the stitch is usually ½ inch. Use this type of basting as guideline where there is little or no strain.
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  PERMANENT STITCHES The stitchesthat are left in the garment and form a part of the stitched garment are permanent stitches. Knots are not generally used for starting permanent stitches.
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  RUNNING STITCH This isthe simplest form of hand stitch which is used for permanent sewing hand seams such as tucks, gathering, shirring, quilting and mending. The stitch should be straight and evenly spaced about 1/16 to 1/8 inch in length.
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  BACK STITCH The backstitch is strong and is sometimes substituted for machine stitching. Stitches should be about 1/16 to 1/8 inch long on the topside. To make the backstitch push the needle up through the material at a point. Take a stitch inserting needle 1/8 inch back of thread at the beginning of the stitching line and bringing out in front of the thread.
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  HEMMING This is usedto secure down a folded edge of material like hems. Hemming appears as small slanting stitches on the wrong side and right side. The stitches should be fine and spaced close enough to hold the hem securely in place, but far enough apart to be inconspicuous from the right side of the garment. Before starting the hem, fasten the thread with several tiny stitches on top of each other. Finish off the hemmings also with several stitches to fasten it securely.
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  SLIP HEMMING This isused for hems, facings or folds where invisibility is more important than strength. Fasten the thread beneath the hem, bringing the needle out through the edge of the fold. Take a tiny stitch in the garment directly beneath the point where the thread leaves the fold. Slip it along inside the fold and bring it out ½ inch away.
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  KNOTTED HEMMING This isworked from left to right. A small vertical hem stitch is made such that the thread passes around the tip of the needle that on pulling the needle out forms a knot around the stitch made. Thus each stitch is fixed securely by means of a knot and therefore is very strong.
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  PRESENTED BY, U.MEGHANA