How to Sew.

Step 6 Slipstitching!

Slipstitching is a little complicated, but a wonderful stitch to learn to finish your projects. There are other ways, of course, but this is the main one I use. :)

There are tons of pictures - I promise it's the best way to learn!

To practice this stitch you'll want to cut out a small square of fabric. Fold it in half and press. Open, and then fold each side into the center line. Press. Fold down center line. You'll have something that looks just like the piece of fabric in the first two pictures!

Now, thread your needle - I chose single for this one because it will make it less visible! Knot it and pull the needle through the top of the fabric by sticking it up through the top fold and out of the crease. Pull the thread until the knot catches. Now, move the needle to the bottom fold. You will want to stick the needle into the crease horizontally and push it along behind the fabric for about 1/4-1/2". Then, pull the needle through and go back up to the top fold. Push the needle horizontally through the top fold and pull through. Continue this until the end.

At the end, make a small stitch in the fold opposite of your last long stitch. (Picture 9) Pull the thread until it forms a small loop. Put your needle through the loop twice. (Picture 11) Pull on the thread to form a knot. Do this twice for extra staying power. :)

Pictures 13 and 14 show what the slipstitch should look like. Really hard to see, right? Now imagine that with matching thread! Lovely!

Comments

[I ACW I NINJA]

thanks!!! this helped me a lot im making arm warmers out of some old jeans now!!! (yes im a boy, but im a scene kid and places never have what we are lookin for so we gotta make our own stuff sometimes :D)

[MaDaZi]

I found this very helpful for me to start learning to sew. (I'm a guy, just so ya know, though it really doesn't matter)

[mikelz]

It matters to me. I'm a guy. Now I don't feel nearly as weird here as I did.

[smile--x]

Thank you so much for the intructions and pictures, it help a lot cause i'm a vision learner.

[RITUNA]

Great guide, thanks a lot! Although I'm a dude, I'm glad I can sew my own stuff now when I need to, since momma is no longer around.

[lola1]

thankyou this was a brilliant help! learning this stitch has given me such a buzz to do more and opened up a lot more doors for me! cheers ! xxx

[wikid24j]

I was a little confused on pictures 5 and 6, on 5 the needle is going from bottom to top (of the top fold), but in 6 the way the thread lay makes it look the opposite, top to bottom.