Chapter 3 – Tonal Effects in Machine Stitchery (a)

I’m going to log Chapter 3 with three blog entries:

1. Using the basic stitches on the machine
2. Creating whip and cable stitch effects
3. Machine stitched strips

So first off here are the straight stitch samples.

Image 1 – Stretch blind hem:

Image 2 – Zigzag stitch (varying width):

Image 3 – Straight stitch (varying space between lines):

Image 4 – Zigzag stitch (varying width between stitch lines):

Image 5 – Straight stitch:

Image 6 – Zigzag stitch (running the stitch in different positions on the fabric to create voids):

Image 7 – Zigzag stitch (varying length and width of stitch):

Image 8 – Zigzag stitch (varying length of stitch)

Image 9 – A decorative (honeycomb?) stitch (this is actually my favourite):

Image 10 – Zigzag stitch (varying stitch length and width):

Image 11 – A decorative (honeycomb?) stitch from the front of the fabric:

Image 12 – A decorative (honeycomb?) stitch from the back of the fabric: