How to Sew an L-stitch

An L-stitch can come in handy in situations when you don't have enough thread on the back of your canvas or when the thread is slippery. It is composed of 2 stitches. Each stitch goes over 1 canvas thread and makes an 'L'.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Needle
• thread
• canvas

1. Choose an area on your canvas. It should be an area that will be completely covered later.

2. Start with a diagonal waste knot. Then, come up where you want the point of the "L" to be.

3. Stick the needle through one hole away from where the thread came up.

4. Pull the stitch snugly on the canvas.

5. Next, bring the needle one stitch away from where the the 2 stitches will meet. The diagonal waste knot from earlier will provide nice anchorage for this stitch.

6. Put the needle through the hole where you started the stitch in (Step 1).

7. Pull nice and snug.

8. Turn the canvas over so that the back is facing up. Pull the thread under the stitch made from step 4. Both threads for the L Stitch should be anchored by this diagonal.

9. Pull it tight. It should resemble a half knot.

10. Now you are done with the L Stitch. You may now stitch over the L stitch with heavier stitching. After doing so, you may cut off the waste knot and any excess threads.

Resources

• L-Stitch w/Images.

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