Detached Cast On Buttonhole Petal Stitch
This stitch combines two different stitches to create a 3D petal that can be added to any embroidery. Use this DIY video and step-by-step tutorial to learn how to use the detached cast on and buttonhole stitches to embroider 3D flower petals.
What you'll need to create the detached cast on buttonhole petal stitch:
Detached Cast On Buttonhole Petal Stitch Video
Detached Cast On Buttonhole Petal Stitch Step-by-Step Tutorial
1. Start by inserting two darning needles into a pin cushion or perpendicular into fabric in an embroidery hoop.
2. Tie the end of the thread into a square knot around the needles. Make sure the knot is very tight. Trim away the excess thread after the knot.
3. Then add cast on stitches, going around both of the needles. Cross the thread over itself, making a loop, then slide the loop onto the needles. The cast on stitches should stack up the needles and not overlap.
4. Once the desired number of cast on stitches is added, thread the end onto a needle. Then slide the cast on stitches up the needles and pull the needles out of the fabric. Be sure to leave the needles in the fabric.
5. Hold the needles so that the ridge of the cast on stitches is at the top and the working thread is on the left side of the ridge (for right handed people. On the right for left handed people). Slide the needle under the first loop of the cast on stitch, then over the working thread. Tug gently so that the thread is flush with the top of the cast on stitches. Repeat, working down the row of cast on stitches.
6. Once at the end of the row, wrap the thread around the back of the needles and slide the working needle underneath the first looped thread around the needles.
7. Tie a slip knot.
8. Then remove one needle from the cast on stitches. Before removing the other, slide the working needle into the cast on loops, entering from the direction the thread is tied to the loops. Then remove the second needle.
9. Gently pull the thread through the loops. Before the thread is all the way through, slide the needle through the thread loop, creating a slip knot on the side the needle entered the loops.
10. Then continue to gently tug so that the stitches form a flower petal. Trim the working thread to be about 6 inches from the base of the petal.
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