My apologies for my absence yesterday; it was a public holiday here in Australia, celebrating Anzac Day. Anzac (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day celebrates the contribution made by our many troops who have fought in wars around the world defending Australia and New Zealand.
I will still be working on despatching orders again today. I think I am nearly through them all, but there’s still a way to go!
So, while I work on that, I have a few questions for you:
What do you understand from the idea of “stab stitching”? Does that mean anything to you? If it does, what do you understand it to mean?
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I think of stab stitch as a very small stitch used to attach one fabric to another, for example in an appliqué, or used to attach embellishment to garments or hats, and which is perpendicular to the line of stitches.
Thank you Rachel. Very interesting, especially as that was not what I was expecting and therefore exactly the point of my asking! 🙂
I would think that stab stitching is putting the needle straight through the fabric and pulling it through from the back then back through the fabric from the back to the front I was always told that was the stab method of stitching
Thank you Veronica. Very helpful.
I understand stab stitch to be exactly as Veronica has described it.
Thank you, Rhea. 🙂
And please note, for those who haven’t commented yet, I am not looking for a RIGHT answer. I am looking for your explanation of what you understand it to mean. All answers are very welcome and very useful to me.
I also agree with Veronica. To me to stab means to hold your needle perpendicular to your work and stab it through – from either side – as I would do when working in a hoop. As opposed to sliding my needle in horizontally as I might do if I was working in my hand without a hoop.
Thank you Joanne. I appreciate your contribution to the discussion. 🙂
I agree with Veronica and also Joanne.In quilting it’s used to bind all the three layers together and length of the stitches has to be the same.I also use this stitch for anchoring the thread in embroidery.
Thanks Anita. That’s an interesting additional slant on it – very useful, thanks!
The *opposite* method (who hasn’t had enough coffee at 4.50am?) The needle will enter the fabric multiple times followed by a single pullthrough of the thread through the fabric to form either more than one step of a stitch or multiple stitches.
So, for stab, each step of each stitch is formed by the needle entering the fabric once, followed by a pull though of the thread.
The first method (whatever it’s called, sewn?) is faster but it’s harder to see what you are doing. Also issues of getting the thread tension correct.
Thanks Elmsley Rose! 🙂