Friday 18 May 2012

Stitching the toes

Here we stitch a small lining to the tongue.



Then the aprons (tongues) are ready to be stitched to the upper.


This is a fun part! And very therapeutic too. I stitch with 2 needles, one at each end of the thread. The technique is then to pass the needles through the same hole, crossing each other, creating an internal knot as you go. This is called a saddle stitch. The main idea is to keep the tension the same throughout so you end up with lovely neat little stitches, all happily sitting alongside each other, and it also creates a strong seam.