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Stitches & sewing techniques 35
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look, or with the right sides together, to create a ladder stitch.
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• Place the wrong sides of the two pieces of fabric
together to sew a decorative stitch on the right side of
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lower looper thread will pull into a straight line at the
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• Unfold the fabric and pull on opposite sides of the
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fabric should not be trimmed on this stitch.
• Follow steps 1-3 above.
• Fold the fabric piece, wrong sides together, to sew a
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• Position the fabric so the seam is sewn with part of the
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Ladder stitch
To create a ladder stitch, sew with right sides of the fabric
together. The needle thread will be the prominent thread
that creates the ladder.