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How to sew stem stitch

How to sew stem stitch

1.

Working from left to right, bring the needle up to the surface of the sewing line to start. Take the needle down, a stitch width to the right. Bring it up halfway along and above the previous stitch.

How to sew stem stitch

2.

Make another stitch to the right, bringing the needle back up above the previous stitch as before.

How to sew stem stitch

3.

Continue working in this way along the stitching line.

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