Buttonhole stitch

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Buttonhole stitch in embroidery
Raised buttonhole scallops, from Isabella Beeton's Beeton's Book of Needlework[1]

Buttonhole stitch and the related blanket stitch are hand-sewing stitches used in tailoring, embroidery, and needle lace-making.[2]

Applications

Traditionally, this stitch has been used to secure the edges of buttonholes.

couching stitches
. Buttonhole stitch scallops, usually raised or padded by rows of straight or
needlelace. This stitch is well represented on 16th- and 17th-century whitework items. The buttonhole stitch appeared on the Jane Bostocke sampler (1598) which is the earliest, signed sampler known to date and is presently housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[4]

Variants

Examples of buttonhole or blanket stitches include:

  • Blanket stitch
  • Buttonhole stitch
  • Closed buttonhole stitch, in which the tops of the stitch touch to form triangles
  • Detached buttonhole stitch
    Detached buttonhole stitch
  • Tailor's buttonhole stitch
    Tailor's buttonhole stitch
  • Buttonhole stitch variations
    Buttonhole stitch variations
  • Buttonhole shading
    Buttonhole shading

See also

References

  1. ^ Beeton, Isabella, Beeton's Book of Needlework, London, 1870
  2. ISBN 978-93-5361-592-5
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  3. ^ Sarah (2011-12-13). "Buttonhole Stitch". Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  4. ^ West, Deanna Hall (July 30, 2018). "A Stitch in Time: The Buttonhole Stitch and Blanket Stitch". Interweave.

Other References

External links
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