Here is a sample of the same project after I cut open the stitches and reclosed with the Ladder Stitch. Have you ever had to close the seam on a stuffed project? Have you ever just whipped the project closed with a general whip stitch? The results aren’t usually pretty.īut if you use the invisible Ladder Stitch to close the project… you will be surprised how lovely the project closes. You don’t have to sew by hand to find use with the Ladder stitch. Using the Ladder Stitch in your regular sewing to close a project with complete invisibility. I used an embroidery needle and 50wt Aurifil in black for this project so you can see the stitches and how well the stitch works for invisible sewing. Don’t tug too much because the fabric will pucker.Īs you can see this creates a completely invisible stitch in English Paper Piecing. Just keep moving back and forth between the pieces on each side until you get to the end of the project side then gently tug on the thread before tying off. The stitch will appear loose until a slight tug is taken on the thread. I have used two different colors of fabric here (and some black thread) so that you can see both sides of the project and each stitch.Īs you can see below, stitches will begin to look like the rungs of a ladder. The needle goes back into the fabric directly across from the thread on the other side of the project and another stitch is taken in the fold on that side of the project. In this stitch, the thread travels in the fold on one side of this project only. Here are a few photos of what the stitches look like. The actual traveling thread is hidden under the fabric folds. Unlike the whipstitch, who’s traveling thread you can see at an angle across the back of the project, the ladder stitch traveling thread appears straight across like the rungs of a ladder. The ladder stitch is designed to hide the stitches on the backside (or inside) of the project and completely hid the traveling thread. It is important to have these little nuggets of knowledge in your back pocket for future use. I love choices and sometimes my favorite technique just isn’t the right choice for the job at hand. Giving my students a choice of stitches to try not only gives them the opportunity to pick the stitch that best fits their ability and style but also gives them knowledge for their Quilter’s Toolbox to use whenever the circumstances arise. There are three stitches that I teach in my English Paper Piecing class: the classic whipstitch, the flat back stitch (a behind-the-scenes version of the whipstitch), and the invisible ladder stitch. English Paper Piecing Stitches… why do I need to know more than one? For you… this video will remain on the video page so you can find it anytime. It is one of PENNI’S POINTERS but today I am putting this one directly into my QUILTER’S TOOLBOX in case I ever need it. Have you ever looked at someone’s project and wondered how they hide their stitches? Today I will show you one of the magical disappearing stitches that I use for both English Paper Piecing and for closing up the seam on a stuffed project without showing my thread. Today’s title reads like an Agatha Christie novel and may even solve a mystery for you.
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