Plastic Canvas Basic Stitches
This easy-to-learn craft can result in wonderful dimensional projects using some basic stitches. Learn how to overcast, whipstitch, continental stitch, long stitch and work other stitches in these tutorials.
The backstitch is an embroidery stitch worked in plastic canvas projects as decorative stitches, typically on top of a finished design.
The continental stitch is the main and most fundamental stitch used in plastic canvas designs.
Cross-stitching on plastic canvas is a similar technique as embroidered cross-stitching. Cross-stitches are ...
A fly stitch is a type of embroidery stitch used to create delicate, V-shaped patterns.
Long stitches are parallel straight stitches that are worked vertically or horizontally. Long stitches can be of varying lengths ...
Overcasting is used to cover the raw edges on a single piece of plastic canvas. To overcast, work one stitch ...
The running stitch is used in plastic canvas stitching to provide detail and to outline portions of the design.
Scotch stitches are stitched with varying lengths of diagonal stitches and form a filled square shape.
Straight stitches are the easiest plastic canvas stitch. Stitches can be any length and go in any direction.
Also known as Cow Hitch, the Lark's Head Knot is a basic yet strong knot used frequently in plastic canvas designs ...
Whipstitching is used to join two pieces of plastic canvas together while covering the edges neatly.