![Seed stitch Seed stitch](/images/made/images/uploads/how-to/Seed_stitch_567_567_s_c1.jpg)
Seed stitch
One of a family of detached stitches, seed stitch is useful for covering an area of a motif with pattern and texture
![Seed stitch Seed stitch](/images/made/images/uploads/how-to/seed_stitch_122_118_s_c1.jpg)
-
Bring the needle up through the fabric and down again a short distance away, in the direction you wish the stitch to lie. Seed stitches look best if they are kept quite short.
-
Bring the needle up through the fabric again, a short distance from the first stitch, and make a second stitch facing a different way. Repeat this, making stitches evenly spaced and facing in different directions.