Part I

Introduction

Part II
Competency

Part IV
 What I
know
Let us determine your individual’s relevant prior learning concerning embroidery stitches.

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of best answer. Write the chose letter on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. It is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn.
A. Dressmaking C. Woodworking
B. Embroidery D. Cookery
2. Use to protect the middle finger and push the needle while doing embroidery work.
A. Pin cushion C. Thimble
B. Needle threader D. Sewing gauge
3. A tool used to keep pins and needles in place.
A. Pin cushion C. Thimble
B. Needle threader D. Gauge
4. It is use for easier threading especially by those sewers with poor eyesight.
A. Pin cushion C. Thimble
B. Needle threader D. Sewing gauge
5. It is used to measure short distances.
A. Meter stick C. Ruler
B. Sewing gauge D. Tape measure
6. A length of tape or thin flexible metal used measure more than one-foot distances.
A. Meter stick C. Ruler
B. Sewing gauge D. Tape measure
7. A tool in embroidery that is used to keep the fabric stretched while embroidery stitches are
applied on the design.
A. Embroidery hoop C. Embroidery scissor
B. Thread D. Pins
8. A long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread.
A. Safety pins C. Embroidery scissor
B. Push pins D. Embroidery needle
9. It is a simple embroidery stitch that is good for making dashed outlines.
A. Back stitch C. Running stitch
B. Stem stitch D. Herringbone stitch
10. This stitch is ideal for outlines. It is great for making a solid line.
A. Back stitch C. Running stitch
B. Stem stitch D. Herringbone stitch
11. A basic overlapping stitch popular for its use in borders.
A. Back stitch C. Running stitch
B. Stem stitch D. Herringbone stitch
12. It is used to create a thin line and can be used to outline embroidered shapes, to form
flower stems and vines.
A. Back stitch C. Running stitch
B. Stem stitch D. Herringbone stitch
13. The process of using materials repeatedly to make new products.
A. Re-use C. Recycle
B. Reduce D. Landfill
14. The process of lowering the amount of waste produced.
A. Re-use C. Recycle
B. Reduce D. Landfill
15. The process of safe disposal of waste.
A. Re-use C. Recycle
B. Reduce D. Landfill
 What’s
New
Embroidery Stitches
Learning hand embroidery is both fun and relaxing, plus it's an easy way to create beautiful art
with fabric and thread. There are various embroidery stitches which you can choose from when you do
embroidery work.

1. Running Stitch – It is a simple embroidery

stitch that is good for making dashed outlines.
It is also considered being the easiest stitch for
outlining.

2. Back Stitch – This stitch is ideal for outlines.

It is great for making a solid line.

3. Chain Stitch – It forms a row of linked stitches.

It gives a chain like an appearance or, like
petals lined up one after the other.

4. Cross Stitch - It is comprised of X-shaped

stitches done on fabric.

5. French Knot - This stitch involves wrapping

the thread once or twice around the needle to
and pulling through to form a knot on the
surface of the fabric.

6. Herringbone Stitch- A basic overlapping stitch

popular for its use in borders. It is so named
as it resembles the bones extending from the
spine of a herring fish.

7. Split Stitch- It is made by piercing or splitting

the previous stitch, that creates a solid line, that
can be look like a braided thread.

8. Stem Stitch- It is used to create a thin line and

can be used to outline embroidered shapes, to
form flower stems and vines.

9. Satin Stitch - a solid filling stitch that is used

to cover a design area with long, straight stitches
worked very close together.

10. Feather Stitch - Feather stitch is a linked

stitch that creates open lines that almost look
like they're moving. It looks like a series of
interconnected ‘V’s.

11. Bullion Knot – This is an elongated knot. This

stitch gives an embossed look, contributing to the
Brazilian embroidery that uses stitches of 3D
nature.

12. Blanket Stitch - It is used to stitch the edges

of blankets. It is now used in many other
crafting projects as well.
13. Seed Stitch - This stitch uses simple
Running Stitches in a single direction to fill in
patterns. It has shorter stitches above the fabric
and longer stitches on the reverse side.

14. Fishbone Stitch - a kind of filling stitch which is

ideal for making leaves or feathers. It requires us to
divide the pattern into two and each side is filled
alternately giving it a plaited effect in the center,
thus, ideal to make leaves or feathers.

15. Lazy Daisy Stitch - It is also called detached

chain stitch, this stitch is work in a circle to
resemble the petals of a flower.

What’s More
Directions: Identify the kind of embroidery stitches that is being describe. Write your answer on
your answer sheet.

1. It is a simple embroidery stitch that is good for making dashed outlines.

2. Also known as detached chain stitch and it resemble the petals of a flower when work in
circle.

3. A kind of filling stitch which is ideal for making leaves or feathers.

4. A basic overlapping stitch popular for its use in borders.

5. It is used to stitch the edges of blankets.

6. It is comprised of X-shaped stitches done on fabric.

7. This is an elongated knot.

8. It forms a row of linked stitches.

9. It has shorter stitches above the fabric and longer stitches on the reverse side.

10. It looks like a series of interconnected ‘V’s.

 What is it?
For this part, you will be going to learn the step by step process of each given embroidery stitches.

Running Stitch

STEP I At the back of STEP II Bring your STEP III Continue steps
the fabric bring the needle down in a distance a and b, working right to
needle through point A. from where you started to left, to make several
make it through Point B. running stitches.

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STEP I Bring the STEP II Bring the thread STEP III Bring the thread STEP IV
thread through A and take through C and take it in through D and take it in A finished line of back
it in through B. This through B. This way, we are through C. Continue this stitch will look like this.
creates one stitch. creating a stich by taking the pattern to finish the design.
thread backward

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 Chain Stitch

STEP I Bring the
thread out through A. Put
the needle back in A and
bring it out through point
B, but don’t pull the
needle out completely.
STEP II Now, take the
thread around the needle
from left to right to form a
loop.
STEP III Pull out the needle
now to tighten the loop and
you will get the first part of
the chain.
STEP IV
Now, put the needle in
through B (now inside
the loop) and bring it out
on C (outside of the
loop).

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STEP V
Continue the action by taking the thread around the
back of the needle from left to right to form a loop
and pull out the needle to get the next loop of the
chain. Keep on with this procedure till the finish.
VARIATION 1: Traditional Style

STEP I Bring the
needle out through A
and take it diagonally
across to B. Bring it
back again through C,
which lies vertically
below A.
STEP II Now put the
needle in through D,
which lies vertically
above B. You have made
a single cross.
STEP III Continue by STEP IV Put the needle in
putting the needle in through F to complete the
through E and bring it second cross. Now, bring the
out through the needle out through the previous
previous point D. point E to begin for the third
cross. Continue this process.

STEP V Continue by putting the needle

in through E and bring it out through
the previous point D.
 VARIATION 2: Danish Style

STEP I Make a row STEP II On the return

of diagonal stitches as journey, complete the crosses
shown. Below A. by connecting the ends using
diagonal stitches as shown. A
vertical row can also be done
using the same technique.

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STEP I Bring the STEP II Now, place the
needle out through A. needle close to the
fabric. Wrap the thread
around it twice, as
shown.
STEP III Keep the longer
end of the thread pulled
with your fingers while
putting the needle back in a
point just close to A or even
through A.
STEP IV Pull down the
needle through the
fabric. You will see
your first French knot
formed.

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 Herringbone Stitch

STEP I Bring the STEP II Now, the same STEP III Continue to make STEP IV A finished
needle out through the procedure will be worked such crosses on both stitch sequence of the
first stitch line at A. on the first stitch line. lines alternately. Make sure Herringbone Stitch
Now, take the needle in Take the needle the diagonal stitches are would look like this.
through B, which lies diagonally across to D parallel to each other to
diagonally across A on and bring the needle bring out the best look.
the second stitch line. back out through E.
Then, take the needle
back out through C,
which lies near B.

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 Split Stitch

STEP I Bring out the STEP II Take the needle
thread through A and backward to bring it out
put it in through B through C. Note that C
lies halfway between A
and B.
STEP III While bringing
out the thread through C,
take it in between the
thread, splitting it into
two.
STEP IV Again, put the
needle in through D to
bring it out through B,
splitting the thread.

STEP V Continue this procedure to finish the stitch. STEP VI The reverse of the
The only thing to keep in mind is to split the thread fabric will give you a back-
when bringing the needle out. In some way, it will stitch pattern.
give you a visual feel of chain stitch.

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STEP I Bring out the STEP II You need to note STEP III Take the needle in STEP IV So, the pattern
thread through A and that the point C lies about through D. Try to mark D of two stitches of the
take it in through B. halfway through A and B. in such a way that the stem stitch will be as
Take the needle Also note that C lies on point B will lie halfway shown above.
backwards and bring the top of the stitch A-B. So, through C-D. Bring the
thread out through C. all the subsequent stitch needle out through B.
Make sure the point C points will lie on top of
lies over the stitch A-B. their previous stitch.

STEP VI The reverse of the fabric will give

you a back-stitch pattern.
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STEP I Bring the needle out
through A and put it in
through B. So, that makes a
stitch which covers a small
area between the stitch lines.
STEP II Now, bring the
needle back through C, a
point very close to A.
Continue this action over
the two stitch lines.
STEP III Once finished; the area
is filled as shown above. You will
be spending as much thread on
the reverse side as you do on the
actual side of the fabric.

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 Feather Stitch

STEP I Begin by bringing
up the needle from B. Now,
put the needle in through
D and bring it out from C.
Note that the points on B and D falls
on a straight line, and C lies
diagonally to both B and D. Pull the
needle out with the thread under it, as
shown. We would form our first ‘V’.
STEP II We now move to
make our next ‘V’.
Continue to put the needle
in through A and bring it
out through B. Pull the
needle out with the thread
under it as shown, to make
the next ‘V’.
STEP III Now, continue STEP II We now move to
the procedure by make our next ‘V’.
Continue to put the needle
putting the needle in
in through A and bring it
through the outer
out through B. Pull the
stitch line and bringing
needle out with the thread
it out from the inner
under it as shown, to make
stitch line. We keep
alternating between the left and the next ‘V’.
right side to make the ‘V’s-
putting in the needle through A
and bringing it out from B;
putting the needle in through D
and bringing it out from C.

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STEP I Bring STEP II STEP III Then, hold the wrapped STEP IV The finished
the needle out Now, bring the needle out thread with your fingers and pull the bullion stitch would
through A and put through A again. Then, wind the needle out with the other finger. look like this.
the needle thread around the needle as Keep pulling the needle completely
through B at the shown. The distance of the wound in an upward direction till the wraps
desired length. thread should measure the same lay on the fabric as shown above.
as the distance between A and B. Adjust and straighten the wraps if
Too few wraps will spoil the required and put in the needle back
stitch.
through B.
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STEP I Bring the needle STEP II STEP III STEP IV

out through A. Take the
needle in through B. Take
it out through C, a point in
the same stitch line as A.
Loop the thread under the
needle as shown.
Pull out the needle.
Continue with this
process until the end of
the line.
A portion of the The blanket stitch can be
finished blanket stitch given an interesting look
would reveal like this. by just altering the length
of the vertical stitch as
shown.

Blanket Stitch
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Seed Stitch

STEP I
Make rows of short Running Stitches as
illustrated. You need not do row after
row, if the strawberry seed pattern is
maintained.
STEP II
Try not to bend with the curves of the
pattern. The rows of running stitch
should essentially be done in straight
lines.

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 Fishbone Stitch

STEP I STEP II STEP III STEP IV

To begin with, bring the
needle out through point
A, which is the top tip of
line Y. Put it in through
B, to make a single
straight stitch.
Now, bring the needle out
from a point very close to
A on the line X. Put it in
through a point very
close to B online Y.
Again, pull out the needle
through a point very
close to A online Z.
This procedure of putting
in the needle through X
and Z alternatively will
follow. Each time we will be
connecting X-Y and Y-Z.
Make sure all the stitch
points lie close to each
other to avoid any visible
spaces.

0 0

STEP V STEP VI
Halfway through, our leaf Once finished, the filled leaf
would look like this. You would look like this.
can see the rib being
formed.

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 Lazy Daisy Stitch

STEP I STEP II STEP III STEP IV

Bring the thread out
through A. Put in the
needle near A and bring
it out through point B,
but don’t pull the needle
out completely. Now, loop 0
the thread around the
needle, like we would in
chain stitch.
Pull out the needle out to This stand-alone stitch can The completed flower
tighten the loop. Put in be used freely to be a part of made of multiple lazy
the needle just outside any design. Since I have daisies.
the chain created and decided to make a flower, I
that will finish the lazy will proceed with making
daisy stitch. multiple lazy daisies around
0 the marked stitch line.
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What can I
do
Show that you learned something by doing this activity.

Performance Activity
Materials: 3” x 4” clean cloth, Embroidery needle, Thread, Thimble, Scissor
Instructions: Perform at- least 10 basic stitches mentioned above by creating your own designs.
Example: Safety Tips
 Proper lighting should be observed while doing your embroidery stitches.
 Keep needles and pins at a certain place (a special box, cushion, etc.), do not leave them at
the workplace, never take the needle, pins in your mouth and do not stick them in the
clothes. Do not leave a needle and pins in the product
 When working do not bite through the thread with your teeth or tear it with your hands.
 The length of a thread when sewing must not exceed the length of the distance to the elbow.
 Use thimble when sewing.
 When working with knitting needles keep them no closer than 35 centimeters from your
eyes.

Category of Assessment
Wow Almost There On the Way Needs Improvement
10 pts 8 pts 6pts 4 pts
Wow Almost There On the Way Needs Improvement
Pattern was neatly traced Pattern was traced onto Pattern was drawn on No paper pattern or pattern
Pattern onto paper and fabric.  paper and fabric but had fabric, but no paper pattern drawn on fabric. 
some neatness issues.  was provided. 
Wow Almost There On the Way Needs Improvement
All stitches are neat and Most stitches are even. Slight Stitches are not even. Stitches do not follow
Stitching even. No wrinkled or puckering of fabric. Small Fabric is puckered in 2 or pattern. Fabric is puckered
lumps in the fabric. skips in the pattern.  more places. Large gaps in in 3 or more places. 
Follows the pattern.  pattern. 
Wow Almost There On the Way Needs Improvement
Overall The project looks very There are one or two stray The project is fairly neat.  The project does not look
appearance neat and shows that care threads or stitching.  neat. Care was not taken
was taken with details.  with details. 
Wow Almost There On the Way Needs Improvement
Time Project was turned in on Student needed extra time Student needed excessive The student did not finish
management time or early.  (1-2 days) to finish project.  time (3-4 days) to finish project. 
project.