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Textiles and Garment Construction
Activity 3.19
1. Use reliable online source or
from library to search information
showing how to make stem stitch.
r.s 2. Make a prototype of stem stitches
(e) Cross-stitch: This is made by forming
a cross stitch, which is worked by
counting threads on a plain fabric or
(ii) Keep the thread on the right of the using squares on a checked fabric.
needle and bring out the needle on The cross is formed by making two
the same side of the preceding stitch. diagonal stitches across a square. It is
(iii) Continue working on similar used for filling the shape and outlining.
patterns till the end of the work.
Procedure for working on cross-stitch
(i) Insert the threaded needle into the
fabric vertically towards the worker
on the lower line.
(ii) Bring it out on the upper line, taking
r.s a vertical stitch through the fabric on
the wrong side. The stitch appears
slanting on the right.
(iii) Continue making similar stitches to
the end as required.
(iv) Fasten off securely. (iv) Reverse and continue making
horizontal stitches at the same
location as in previous stitches to
form a cross.
w.s
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