How to Embroider: Detached Buttonhole Bar Stitch- Video and Step by Step Tutorial

Detached Buttonhole Bar Stitch

The detached buttonhole bar is a raised 3D embroidery stitch that pops away from the fabric. It can be stitched with one or two thread colors to create depth and dimension. Use this DIY video and step-by-step tutorial to learn how to embroider the detached buttonhole bar stitch.

What you'll need to create the detached buttonhole bar stitch:

• embroidery thread

• embroidery hoop

• cotton fabric

• embroidery needle

• embroidery scissors

• sewing pins

Deatched Buttonhole Bar Stitch Video

Detached Buttonhole Bar Stitch Step-by-Step Tutorial

1. Start by placing a sewing pin into the front of the fabric. The pin should go into the fabric at the top of the stitch and out of the fabric at the base of the stitch.

2. Next use the inside color of thread. Bring the needle up from the back of the fabric next to the base of the needle. Wrap the thread around the top of the sewing pin and then bring the needle back into the fabric on the other side of the pin. Repeat 2-3 times. The more wraps the more filled in and thicker the detached buttonhole bar will be. Knot the thread on the back of the fabric once the wraps are made.

3. Then thread the needle with the second color of thread. Bring the needle up through the fabric at the base of the wraps, next to the sewing pin.

4. Now create the buttonhole bar stitch over the thread wraps. Hold the thread towards the top of the wraps. On the opposite side of the thread coming out of the fabric, slide the eye of the needle underneath the thread wrapped around the pin and over the working thread. Tug tightly.

5. Then repeat, working down the wrapped thread. Slide the needle underneath the wrapped thread, the over the working thread. These stitches should be close together so that they cover the wrapped thread. Continue until the wrapped thread is covered.

6. Then bring the thread to the back of the fabric and knot it off.

7. Finally, remove the sewing pin. You can leave the loop at the top of the detached buttonhole bar or cut them so they are fluffy. This creates one detached buttonhole bar stitch.

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