Practicals on stitches 101 by @bossj23 || 4th June , 2022......

Greetings to everyone in this community most especially to verified kids in this community. I'm impressed we viewed these tutorials as substantial. @ghani12 and few others are really following up these tutorials. Last week I made us understand the basics of sewing and also deliberated on stitches, seam and embroidery as a core part of the sewing profession in general... At the start of my tutorial here in steemkids community, I scheduled our curriculum with which we'll follow on a weekly basis to achieve perfection. I deliberately made no tutorials last week..As a teacher, your students need time for assimilation and not just compiling lessons. From our curriculum, we were supposed to have our first practical class last week but I rather adjourned it. This practical class is more of basic stitches in tailoring and how to tackle them. This was probably the first practical I did in my secondary school. We made these stitches on a white piece of cloth and then presented it on a cardboard paper in form of a book..So here is our practical today. The theoretical aspect won't be stressed or emphasized that much..At the end of this practical, students should be able to run at least 7 stitches and present them on a cardboard paper. Our practical class would run for an hour and then homework task would be given. The best three entries would receive a reasonable reward.

Note: Our test holds next week. The test would cover the two topics treated plus the practicals...

This is a preview that would help you in the practical class....

Stitches are the results of the process of stitching which is turning or looping of yarns or threads. Stitching is simply a row of lines of threads or yarns that has been sewn in something. It is also a loop of yarns or threads used to close a tear on a fabric. In stitching, rows of threads are run around or interlaced in a specific repeated unit. We have different types of stitches which makes up sewing. There are running, chain and many others

Practical on stitches

Let know some of the basic stitches and the ones we'll be handling today..

• Backstitch
• Running stitch
• Running baste stitch
• Straight stitch
• Satin stitch
• feather stitch
• stem stitch
• Cross-stitch
• Buttonhole stitch
• split stitch
• Blanket stitch
• Chain
• Zigzag stitch
• Blind stitch
• Fly Stitch
• Herringbone stitch
• Catch Stitch
• Lockstitch
• Lazy Daisy Stitch
• French Knots
• Whip stitch
• fern stitch
• Ladder stitch
• Couching Stitch
• Overcast stitch

The four I'll be doing today are Running stitch, Running baste stitch, Whip stitch, and back stitch......

How to carryout Running stitch

Step 1: Take a piece of white cloth and cut it to a square form.

Step 2: Put your thread inside your needle's eye and then tie the end of the thread. You can choose to double the thread or make it singly.

Step 3: Label your cloth with the stitch you are carrying out for easy identification. After labelling it running stitch, you pin the needle from the back of the cloth and bring it out to the front end. Once it show up, you then pin it inside and then pin to the front end again. That's the secret behind running stitch. You pin your needle to the front end first and then pin it to the back end again. Ensure the thread distance is not far from the next one and ensure the thread is short and not long. Do this Till you are done. That's it for running stitch....

Running baste stitch

This is quite the brother of running stitch. It's just that you have to make the thread length big and the distance of one thread and another long. Take a piece of white cloth and cut it to a square form. Put your thread inside your needle's eye and then tie the end of the thread. You can choose to double the thread or make it singly. Label your cloth with the stitch you are carrying out for easy identification. After labelling it running baste stitch, you pin the needle from the back of the cloth and bring it out to the front end. Once it show up, you then pin it inside and then pin to the front end again. That's the secret behind running baste stitch. You pin your needle to the front end first and then pin it to the back end again.

Back stitch

This is quite the opposite of running stitch because in running stitch, there are gaps between threads but in back stitch, there's no gap. All gaps are enclosed...You Carry out the same process as running stitch but there's a slight difference. When you pin your needle from the back to the front end, you pin it to the back end again and then since it it called back stitch, instead of moving forward to create a hole, you go back to the previous thread and then insert your needle so that it can pop up in the front end . Note: There's no gap in back stitch.

Whip stitch

This is a kind of stitch that appears like a whip in slanting form. It is carried out by either folding the clothes or leaving it and then pin your needle from an end. After pinning it from the back end so as to pops out in the front end, you make a slant move and then pin it in and then out.

This is how far I can go for the tutorials. I hope you guys understand the steps well. If you don't, you can use this video as a guide. Thanks for participating. Next week will be our first test on this course. The test would be on what we've covered and will last for 3 days at most. Get prepared because they'll be excellent prizes for those that ace the test and those that participated. Keep in expectations of next week.........