Seed stitch is basically a running stitch but stitched randomly rather than in a line and is a great decorative stitch especially when you want to fill a space but still see the backing fabric.
Bring the needle up from the back of the fabric (A)
Take it back down a few millimetres along (B)
Repeat this at different angles (eg C-D) and with different spacing between the stitches.
The stitches can be of the same length or differing lengths.
Seed stitch can also be layered up with the ‘seeds’ overlapping and this works particularly well when using different threads that overlap.
The light blue section of this sampler shows how seed stitches can be layered over each other and how different thicknesses of thread and stitch length can also add variation. It’s also really effective when used to emphasise colours in the fabric. Seed stitches were added intuitively to this hand dyed piece of fabric to highlight areas of colour.
Want to try this stitch? It’s a stitch I suggest using in my heart stitch sampler kit and floral sampler kit.
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