Embroidery - How to Long and Short Stitch 

This was the best description by far! Thank you.

Wendi you have been very helpful to me. I am so glad I started to embroider after a 25 year drought. I used to cross stitch. My Mother loved to embroider and now I can finish the tablecloth that was unfinished when she passed in 1972.

You give clear, concise directions, and you get right to the point and never patronize the viewer. Thanks for this great instructional video!

This is the first video that made me truly understand and appreciate how long and short stitches are done. I wish I would have seen this video first so I could have avoided butchering the stitch. I think I finally got it this time though!

I know this video has been here for a good while, but I just wanted to thank you! I’ve watched so many videos of this stitch and couldn’t get the hang of it as it kept being over complicated. I finally get it after watching this :-)

nice to know that there are others out there who hand-embroider. I learned from my grandmother when i was about 12. i stitched all my blue jeans.

Your tutorials could not be better. You are very clear and cover every detail we need to know (even how to get rid of the thread from the tail that came to the surface:))! Finally someone who explains that as from the first row of long and short stitches all the others are of the same length! Thank you!

I know many other people have already commented similar things, but thank you for making this. It’s really truly helpful and it has made it so I can FINALLY finish my custom hoodie! Thank you!!

Thank you for this video! I never understood how to get nice fills without a satin stitch before and I generally work too large for satin stitch! It was driving me crazy and then I found this video. Thank you thank you thank you. :)

Thank you, your videos make things so clear.

Thank you! I have always wanted to learn long & short stitch!

Thanks for this informative video. Through your clear and concise instruction, I learned that I was making a mistake with this particular stitch on a crewel project, one that I will now correct. Your video helped immensely! Thank you for taking the time to make this video for those of us who are learning the art of crewel embroidery.

Excellent i'm glad you used a lighter thread as well it gave me a better idea of how to do my bird of paradise piece, thanks !!

Thank you for the explanation Wendi! :) Also, thanks for showing us how to get rid of that annoying fuzzy tail!

Thank you! I'm starting out with embroidery and your tutorial here was helpful to me as I begin to learn the stitiches.

Thanks so much for this video Wendi! I love that you walk through the steps with us, instead of just time-lapses. This is a very helpful video. :)

thank you for this tutorial. it gave me an idea in trying to sew together a transition of colors.

Thank you so much for the helpful videos Wendi! I am new to embroidery and your tutorials are extremely helpful! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

Awesome Video! Thank you so much for showing the long and short stitch technique. You have a nice voice and clear instructions!

This is super helpful! Thank you!

Thank you :) I’m doing a grassy scene with a horse and thought it’d be a daunting task but this helped :)

I love your videos! They are always so helpful! I have a costume I'm making and wanted to incorporate embroidery into it, but had never done it before. I found your videos and feel so much more confident about it! Thank you so much!

Thanks again on how to dothis stitch easy breezy now l not need to purchase $$$ book plus high $$ shipping the second row is where l mess up short to the point in language l understand & great angles to see what you are teaching us your veiwers out here on RU-vid Land. I see you do more then stuffed elephants quilts hmembroudery ne too what is next l am there in on enjoying the fun not sweating the creativity. PS.if okay👌l try my version of 🦍🐵😸👧🧒🐶🐷🐴🦊🐻🐨🐙🐡🦌🐰🐼🦝🐮🎃🌞🌛🐔🐸🦒🐭🦁🐯😋😊🙃🤓👵👩‍🦳l drew most if not already will soft foam print block Carver to have as a stamp .l yse this to practice each block with different quil by machine few by hand practice. 👍 Rock on beautiful person🤓 Fun be back for another easy breezy lesson soon. 😷😇💜💪

This video is very helpful...i got good marks in my embroidery exam😍thank you so much

@forouzandeh1 Sure - normally you would draw your design and then use this stitch to fill in the area.

I really LOVE your videos they are always helpful and understanding THANKYOU WENDY ma'am

Great demo!🎉

Great video, thank you.

That was a great titorial for beginners like me! So easy to understand follow. Thank you very much!

Thank you so much for posting, ur instruction are simple and clear.

Beautifully done

Thank you for your kind help to know me the process of satin stitch, I am grateful to you .k.m. bolpur, w.b.

Super well explained, thank you!

Excellent, short video! Many thanks!!

So its obviously just a long and short stitch🤦‍♂️ thank you miss this video helped me understand what the stitch is

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO. IT REALLY HELPED ME A LOT.

Love this tutorial! Thanks for the help very informative

Can't wait to try this!

Soo helpful mam...... 👏👏👏

Thank you so much your videos have been a huge help to me!

Thank you so much... u are a god send... ur instructions so easy and helped me out ... thank you

Thank you for your very helpful video! 😃

Thank you it is beautiful but you make it look simple

Thank you for posting this tutorial, it was very clear.

You have been so helpful thank you so much 🌸

Thank you, Wendi! This was super helpful :)

You saved my day, thanks so much!

Adoro bordado livre você ensinou muito bem e o vídeo esta excelente Parabéns e obrigado por compartilhar estarei te seguindo.Bom mesmo.

Thank you for this tutorial. I could not really understand from the instruction book. I can do it now!

Thank you. I know this is a very old video, but I am 18 and finally learning out to embroider.

Thank you wendi your helpful for me

I'm glad it was helpful. :-)

@CaylaRoxxLotz That's so funny! Sometimes I stitch with no TV or music on - just so I can listen to the pop of the needle and the sound of the thread pulling through the fabric. To me it's soothing. . . :-)

Very helpful! Thank you :)

Thank you so much! What a sweet comment to leave! :-)

Thank you soooo much it was very clear and helpful!!!!

This is great , but how do you finish the rows? When do you know to stop and get a clean finished look? Thank you, for all of your videos ! Bella

I finally get it🤯my 🧠thanks🤗Keep it Rocking 🤙 Beautiful person 👍 💜🙏💚🪡🧵,work play, rest for continue to come your way 2022😷😇

Are you only knotting one side of the thread, so that the other side is hanging loose? I can just see that dangling edge and am wondering where that's coming from. (Just started embroidering, love your videos!)

thanks for reply, have you got any videos to show how to draw on fabric ??? Many thanks.

Hi thanks for a great video I'm thinking of making a long stitch picture for my kids nursery teachers and was looking for ideas and help and your video has given me both. Just wondering what kind of material/fabric were you using here. Thanks

Well explained

Thanks so much! :-)

Yes - it's perfect for that. :-)

@Tiybara Wow! It's not often I get to save someone's day. :-) Thanks!

Hi Wendi! How many threads are you using, is it 4? Because I'm using 2 and it's just not filling in very good!

Thank you 🙏

very informative videos, what fabric are you using?..

I had understand this stich a little bit i have a exam and in that i will have to practice this stich

Thank you

@MoonkissedWolf Glad it was helpful!

Thanks

Poderia ter tradução...gostaria muito de entender o que vc fala....

Thank you😍

thanks for the reply..

Wow, you can hear every stitch! XD

@forouzandeh1 I do indeed! Here's the link wendigratz(dot)blogspot(dot)com/2010/12/how-to-transfer-embroidery-patterns(dot)html

hi, don't we have to draw and later do the stitching ??

I HATE THAT POP WHEN YOU PULL THE END OF THE NEEDLE THROUGH!!!! But nice video!

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thanks