Fly Stitch: The Movie

Want to learn a versatile stitch?  Needlepoint.com demonstrates fly stitch on their Instagram account. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-0HN75xH0t/

One fly stitch makes a great foot for a bird.  It also looks good as a tiny leaf or bud.  Stack fly stitches and you have a lovely bigger leaf.  It can also stand upright as a bush or make a nice dragon scale.  

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Anna Teaches Leaf Stitches UPDATED

Anna Scott has series of lovely articles on her blog about leaf stitches.  She is doing these on linen, but needlepointers can do them on needlepoint canvas.  You might need to use a sharp needle to pierce the canvas threads to get a stitch right where you want it, though.  I suggest practicing in the margin of your canvas to see what your leaf will be.

Anna's first stitch is fly stitch.  Once you do a few of these, the leaf will grow fast.

https://annascottembroidery.blogspot.com/2021/03/leaves.html

Anna loves Cretan stitch for narrow and long leaves.  The ridge down the middle is very pretty, too.

https://annascottembroidery.blogspot.com/2021/03/leaf-sampler-part-2-cretan-stitch-leaves.html

UPDATE: The latest leaf stitch is my personal favorite--fishbone!

https://annascottembroidery.blogspot.com/2021/04/leaf-sampler-part-3-fishbone-stitch.html

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Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com

and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

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