Five Easy Hand Stitches for Making Quality Dolls, Puppets, and Plushies

Need some help with hand stitching the finishing touches on your cloth doll or puppet? Let me show you the FIVE stitches I turn to when making characters out of cloth. The video below has these chapters:

1. 00:00 Needle & Thread Choices and Prep

2. 02:42 Running Stitch

3. 05:51 Tack Stitch

4. 06:46 Whip Stitch

5. 08:14 Ladder Stitch

6. 11:26 Surface Knot

7. 13:07 TIP: Thread Conditioner

8. 14:21 Recap

You're welcome to download the free stitch diagrams in the PDF file below. These are the diagrams I include in my patterns as a refresher for hand stitches.

Stitch diagram for instructions docs

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