Running stitch (sewing)

Name: Running stitch (sewing): 3D sewing lesson
Uploaded: 2026-10-12
Duration: 12 s
Description: Push the needle up through the fabric, then down again a short way along the seam, and keep going up and down in a straight line, so the thread shows in even stitches with an equal gap between them. This is a simplified diagram of needle and thread on plain fabric, not real hands.

Push the needle up through the fabric, then down again a short way along the seam, and keep going up and down in a straight line, so the thread shows in even stitches with an equal gap between them. This is a simplified diagram of needle and thread on plain fabric, not real hands.

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