Stitches For Window Treatments

• This stitch is used to reproduce the machine stitch effect. This is the strongest hand stitch.
• While doing the backstitch work from right to left.
• To start make a few stitches in one spot, then take a stitch and a space.
• Take the needle over the space you had taken and bring it out at the same distance in front of the thread.
• Follow the same method till you finish the seam.
• To end fasten off with a few stitches on one spot.

Oversewing Stitch

• This stitch is used to stop heavy fabrics from fraying at raw edges and to tidy up raw edges.
• Decide the length of the stitches based on the fabric and how much it is likely to fray.
• Start with a few backstitches.
• Sew diagonal stitches over the raw edge, at equal intervals and of equal length.
• Do not pull the stitches too tight.

Running Stitch

• This stitch is used for seams and for making pleats.
• Begin by fastening the thread with a few backstitches. Make small stitches by pushing the needle in and out of the fabric.
• Make stitches of equal size and keep the space between them the same as far as possible.

Slipstitch

• This stitch is used to hem a folded edge.
• Begin stitching from the right to the left. Use a single thread; hide the knot under the fold.
• Bring out the needle out through the folded edge, pick up a few threads from the flat fabric and then work back into the fold again.
• Move the needle along and bring it out of the fold and make the next stitch.

Tacking Stitch

• This stitch is used to keep the fabric in place when it is being stitched permanently. This stitch is like the running stitch but longer in length.
• This is also known as Basting.
• You can use a single or a double thread, knot it and fasten it at one end with a backstitch.
• Make equidistant stitches by taking the needle in and out of the fabric.
• To end fasten with a knot or backstitch.
• To remove the tacking, just cut off the knot and pull the thread out.