Long short embroidery stitch

This long and short stitch tutorial will help you easily fill shapes and add gradations of color. Step-by-step instructions, photos, & video.

Long and Short embroidery stitch, also called needle painting or thread painting, is a fill type of stitch that produces … Read More

As you all know, I’ve been experimenting with the long and short stitch direction, which I’d discussed here .The method can be used fo...

Tutorial to do Long and short stitch with instructions. This is best used for filling in large areas of embroidery designs like flower petals and leaves

This long and short stitch tutorial will help you easily fill shapes and add gradations of color. Step-by-step instructions, photos, & video.

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The long and short stitch, also known as thread-painting or needle-painting, is a form of freestyle embroidery, often used for filling big areas and shading flower petals or bird feathers in needle painting. The characteristic feature of this stitch is that the stitches of the first row are worked in such a way that they are alternately long and short. Read more to learn some tips to make long and short stitches with ease. Click to watch tutorial now or Pin for later!

Long and short stitch is the key stitch used in the silk shading technique. While simple in concept, it's taken practice to get to grips with it.

Learn how to long and short stitch form this tutorial and my tips!