Stem Stitch and Stacked Stem Stitch

1. Needle up through your fabric.

Tip: Keep your thread above or to the right of the needle.

2. Take a stitch.

3. Needle comes up in front of the first thread hole.

4. Repeat steps 1 - 3.

5. To end: Needle down above and to the righ of last thread.
Tip: To taper the end of your the end of a row of Stem stitches enter the fabric a half stitch length away from your last stitch.
Stacked Stem Stitch
A row of Stem Stitches sewn close to each other. This technique is usually used as a filler.
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Stem Stitch
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Stacked Stem stitch


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