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The running stitch or straight stitch is the basic stitch in hand-sewing
Sewing

Sewing or stitching is the fastening of cloth, leather, furs, bark, or other flexible materials, using Sewing needle and yarn. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times ....
 and embroidery
Embroidery

File:Kazakh rug chain stitch embroidery.jpgEmbroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating Textile or other materials with sewing needle and yarn....
, on which all other forms of sewing are based. The stitch is worked by passing the needle
Sewing needle

A sewing needle is a long slender tool with a pointed tip. The first needles were made of bone or wood; modern ones are manufactured from high carbon steel wire, nickel- or gold plated for corrosion resistance....
 in and out of the fabric
Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by Spinning raw wool fibres, linen, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel to produce long strands known as yarn....
. Running stitches may be of varying length, but typically more thread
Yarn

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibers, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery and ropemaking....
 is visible on the top of the sewing than on the underside.

Running stitches are used in hand-sewing and tailor
Tailor

A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew and scissor menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them.Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suit , coat s, trousers, and similar garments, u...
ing to sew basic seams, in hand patchwork
Patchwork

APatchwork or "pieced work" is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of Cloth into a larger design. The larger design is usually based on repeat patterns built up with different colored shapes....
 to assemble pieces, and in quilting
Quilting

Quilting is a sewing method done either by hand, by sewing machine, or by a Longarm Quilting system. The process uses a needle and thread to join two or more layers of material together to make a quilt....
 to hold the fabric layers and batting or wadding
Batting (material)

Batting is a layer of insulation used in quilting between a top layer of Patchwork quilt and a bottom layer of backing material. Batting is usually made of cotton, polyester, and/or wool....
 in place.






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The running stitch or straight stitch is the basic stitch in hand-sewing
Sewing

Sewing or stitching is the fastening of cloth, leather, furs, bark, or other flexible materials, using Sewing needle and yarn. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times ....
 and embroidery
Embroidery

File:Kazakh rug chain stitch embroidery.jpgEmbroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating Textile or other materials with sewing needle and yarn....
, on which all other forms of sewing are based. The stitch is worked by passing the needle
Sewing needle

A sewing needle is a long slender tool with a pointed tip. The first needles were made of bone or wood; modern ones are manufactured from high carbon steel wire, nickel- or gold plated for corrosion resistance....
 in and out of the fabric
Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by Spinning raw wool fibres, linen, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel to produce long strands known as yarn....
. Running stitches may be of varying length, but typically more thread
Yarn

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibers, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery and ropemaking....
 is visible on the top of the sewing than on the underside.

Running stitches are used in hand-sewing and tailor
Tailor

A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew and scissor menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them.Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suit , coat s, trousers, and similar garments, u...
ing to sew basic seams, in hand patchwork
Patchwork

APatchwork or "pieced work" is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of Cloth into a larger design. The larger design is usually based on repeat patterns built up with different colored shapes....
 to assemble pieces, and in quilting
Quilting

Quilting is a sewing method done either by hand, by sewing machine, or by a Longarm Quilting system. The process uses a needle and thread to join two or more layers of material together to make a quilt....
 to hold the fabric layers and batting or wadding
Batting (material)

Batting is a layer of insulation used in quilting between a top layer of Patchwork quilt and a bottom layer of backing material. Batting is usually made of cotton, polyester, and/or wool....
 in place. Loosely spaced rows of short running stitches are used to support padded satin stitch
Satin stitch

In sewing and embroidery, a satin stitch or damask stitch is a series of flat stitches that are used to completely cover a section of the background textiles....
.

Running stitches are a component of many traditional embroidery styles, including kantha
Kantha

A kantha is a type of embroidery craft popular in West Bengal, India. The use of kantha is popular in saris that are used by women in West Bengal....
 of India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
 and Bangladesh
Bangladesh

, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....
, and Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese sashiko quilting
Sashiko quilting

is a form of decorative reinforcement Sewing from Japan. Traditionally used to reinforce points of wear, or to repair worn places or tears with patches, this running stitch technique is often used for purely decorative purposes in quilting and embroidery....
.

Related stitches


  • Basting stitches are long running stitches used to keep two pieces of fabric or trim
    Trim (sewing)

    Trim or trimming in clothing and home decorating is applied ornament, such as Gimp , tassel#passementerie, ribbon, ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament....
     aligned during final sewing, or to otherwise temporarily sew two pieces together.


  • Darning stitches are closely spaced parallel
    Parallel

    From Greek language: pa???????? Parallel may refer to:...
     rows of running stitches used to fill or reinforce worn areas of a textile, or as decoration (see Darning
    Darning

    Darning is a sewing technique for repairing holes or worn areas in Textile or knitting with needle and thread alone. It is often done by hand, but it is also possible to darn with a sewing machine....
    ).


  • Double-running or Holbein stitches
    Holbein stitch

    Holbein stitch is a simple, reversible line embroidery stitch most commonly used in Blackwork embroidery and Assisi embroidery. The stitch is named after Hans Holbein the Younger , a 16th-century portrait painter best known for his paintings of Henry VIII and his children, almost all of whom are depicted wearing clothing decorated with blac...
     have a second row of running stitches worked in a reverse direction in between the stitches of the first pass, to make a solid line of stitching.


  • Double darning stitches are closely spaced (but not overlapping) rows of Holbein stitches.


See also

  • Embroidery stitch
    Embroidery stitch

    In everyday language, a stitch in the context of embroidery or hand-sewing is defined as the movement of the embroidery Sewing needle from the backside of the fabric to the front side and back to the back side....


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