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Your little hand-stitch
dictionary
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When sewing, you will be using a variety of
stitches — the general term for the various
ways that you will be guiding needle and thread
through fabric. Practice the stitches on a scrap of
fabric before sewing your glow-bot.
You will need:
Embroidery needle, embroidery thread,
scissors,
fabric scrap
Here’s how:
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The perfect length of thread:
Take the end of
the thread between your thumb and
forefinger and wrap the thread once around
your elbow and back to your thumb. Then cut
that section of thread.
2
The starting knot
:
Insert the end of your
thread into the eye of the needle. Tie a knot
in the longer end by winding the thread two
to three times around your index finger and
pulling the end of the thread through the
“ring.” Then cut off the thread right next to
the knot.
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The running stitch:
Insert the needle through
the fabric
from the back toward the front
.
Then, keep inserting the needle through the
fabric,
alternating from the front and from
the back
and keeping the stitches more or
less the same length, pulling the thread
through as you go.
BoDY
You will be sewing
in no time! When
selecting the thread, be
sure to pay attention to
the difference between
the
non-conductive
thread
(material no.
7) and the
conductive
thread
(material no. 2)!
Always use the type of
thread indicated under
the “You will need”
heading.
TIP!
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