Running stitches would have spaces in between and would do little to make an edge secure - if that's the purpose. Running stitches are frequently used on a buttonholed (closed blanket) edge to pad it.
Back stitches will lock in the ground threads. You could also machine stitch. And, if back stitch is too tedious, do stem stitch - which is the back side of back stitch and vice versa.
Not much help, am I? :-)
Dianne
Jean> I'm doing a doily and the edging is blanket stitched. The picture shows
I'm doing a doily and the edging is blanket stitched. The picture shows two rows of what look like backstitch side by side done first and then the blanket stitch goes over top (presumably to secure the whole thing from coming apart). It doesn't say whether these are running stitches or backstitches. Can anyone tell me which one it should be? TIA, Jeanine in Canada
Wow! Your 32-ct with a closed blanket edge came apart? I'd be miserable. However, I would think Hardanger emb. would do the same on the same fabric!! Unless you went "over two" on the table center and "over four" on the Hardanger pieces - which would make more sense to me. The more "bite", the more "hold" you have.
Old Hedebo was worked with back stitch underneath chain stitch in order to hold together the ground for the cut/drawn part. With Schwalm, that prep isn't required as the chain and coral stitch - between the two - hold it all together.
Dianne
Jean> LOL! Too many options! With the running stitch, I would run back so that
Yeah, the 32ct was over 2 instead of 4. Sigh. I had so little edge left that I thought that was all I could do. Wasn't worth all that thread. Now it sits waiting for me to find another solution. I guess I could do a rolled hem and whip stitch it...
I just didn't want the same thing to happen to the present doily. This new one has a scalloped edge which presents new problems. How to do the blanket stitch into and out of the "crotches" of the scallops (if you follow me). It's not like rounding a corner in Hardanger. I've picked it out once already, looked terrible. Major problem is that the fabric is white and the thread is DMC 930 (dark blue) so any imperfections are REALLY noticeable. Any tips?
Jeanine in Canada
Dianne Lewandowski wrote:
No personal tips. :-) I've done white-on-white which you can fudge a little. Take a look at Yvette's Mountmellick book, and if you have it, find pictures in Dillmont's or Weldon's book. Especially Weldon's which shows many different treatments for scallops.
You can treat those areas any way you personally like - just be consistent and do each one the same. That's the tricky part!!
Dianne
Jean> Yeah, the 32ct was over 2 instead of 4. Sigh. I had so little edge left
Why not try the nun's stitch. It works great for preventing raveling.
Janet
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