My sewing machine and I are on speaking terms once again, and I'm venturing back into plushie making. But I seem to have trouble with my ugly handstitches on things like limbs. Is the legendary "invisible stitch" a teqhnigue that can be picked up just by watching enough videos, or is it something that's just improved over time? Mine don't look ANYTHING like the demo pics I'm finding online... neutral
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:19 pm
I don't know what the "invisible stitch" thingy is, i just sew mine the way i was taught. If you post a link to a tutorial, i could take a look at it and see if i can figure it out, if you want. mrgreen
~ The keys to the invisable stitch is to use thread the same colour as the fabric, to come up ono one side of a fibre in the fabric and down the other, and to not pull to tightly or it will dimple. If you just stictch in and out without paying attention to the fibres then your stitches will be painfully obvious. This is my cruddy drawing of a side view of what it should look like, the grey circles are the fibres of your fabric (the woven threads) and the red is your thread... and hopefully you can recognise the needle sweatdrop ~
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:16 am
Oh, I see, that's a lot cleaner than what I've been doing! Well, today I attempt another plush, so I'll give your advice a try, Tes. Thanks! ^_^
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