Stitching Tips

Terms

Laid Work – This is a stitching technique in which long threads are laid across a shape. The stitch is worked over these threads.

Motif Stitch – A surface stitch that is worked individually, an accent stitch.

Open Stitch – A stitch that lets the ground fabric (canvas) show.

Petit Point – Needlepoint that is worked on a fine mesh canvas or silk gauze.

Stab Method – The canvas is held taut on a frame. The stitch is worked in two motions. The needle is stabbed through a canvas hole from the back and the yarn is pulled completely through to the front. Then the needle is stabbed down into the next hole and the yarn is pulled completely to the back.

Straight Stitches – Upright sttiches worked over horizontal canvas threads.