CDLC Smart Kids Learning School
Basic Hand Stitches
Erika Mae B. Bedar
What is Basic Hand Stitches?
essential sewing skill every sewer should possess and master
have many uses
used primarily as finishing techniques
often used in households or schools
Even and Uneven Basting
used to hold in position two or more
pieces of material in place before
stitching permanently.
temporary stitches
stitched from right to left toward the
sewer.
Diagonal Basting
a temporary stitches
used to hold in place, inverted edges
before pressing.
used in basting part over interlinings
and linings
used to hold pieces of material
before stitching thru the machine.
Tailors’ Tucks
temporary stitches used for marking
stitching lines, pocket levels, and
guide lines.
used for marking delicate materials
it also do not leave crayon marks
after sewing, because the thread
ends are pulled afterwards.
Hemming Stitch
used to fell the bottom of trousers,
the bottom of vests or coats, and the
bottom of coat sleeves.
Back Stitch
the forerunner of machine-stitching
stitch long used to assemble
garments before the invention of the
sewing machine
replace broken machine- stitches
used to secure edges in four corners
where presser food cannot go.
Cross or Catch Stitch
stitched from left to right
used for felling raw edges to avoid
bulkiness
Buttonhole Stitch
used for worked buttonholes and
tailored worked buttonhole.
all buttonholes the square end
should be finished with a bar.
Eyelets
made with buttonholes stitches
used for openings to accommodate
metal shanked buttons, so that they
can be removed before laundering
used in middy plackets of shirts to
pass the shoe laces for closings
Bar Tucks
use also buttonhole stiches
Write True if the statement is correct, and if its
False, write the correct answer.
1. Eyelets is the forerunner of machine-stitching.
2. Catch Stitch is stitched from left to right.
3. Diagonal Basting are also temporary stitches used for marking
stitching lines, pocket levels and guide lines.
4. Bar tucks are used to hold in position two or more pieces of material
in place before stitching permanently.
5. Hemming Stitch is made with buttonhole stitches.
“Don‘t let what you
cannot do interfere
with what you can
do.”
– John Wooden
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