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This is my first artisan crafts tutorial!
I've been trying out lots of sewing recently, and I've decided that it could be a good path to go down if I wanted to make some money from my art - making plushies to sell! I'm working on a couple of my own patterns (harder than it looks, seriously), which I'll probably also make tutorials for at some point, but I thought it would be best to make a tutorial for the absolute basics first!
This tutorial covers how to knot thread, running stitch, back stitch and whip stitch. There are a couple of others, such as ladder stitch and blanket stitch which I also wanted to cover, but I might do those at a later stage. I didn't want to overcrowd what is already quite a packed tutorial.
I tried my best to explain things in a way that everyone can understand, and to provide clear photos and diagrams. Please tell me if anything is unclear, so I can make changes! I'd like it to be easy to understand. I'm also conscious of how bad I am at proof-reading my own writing, so if there are any grammar or spelling errors, point those out to me too.
Other than that, erm... pretty self explanatory!
I hope I can be helpful, and if you have any feedback whatsoever on the design, layout, or content of the tutorial, I'd be very happy if you could drop me a comment or critique. Anything is helpful, so I know what I'm doing right or what I need to change for next time.
And speaking of next time, watch this space for more sewing basics and plushie tutorials! c:
I hope you like it.
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I'm so glad you like it! Thanks!
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It's my pleasure, I hope it can be of some use.
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Looks good to me. Legible, and I like how you have both the photograph and the drawing of what the stitches are supposed to look like. Sometimes photos alone aren't clear enough and drawings aren't realistic enough, so having both is helpful and nicely delineates the different sections too
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Thank you so much.
That's exactly what I was hoping for! I've found that with following various tutorials in the past that just one or the other can be hard to follow.. I think it depends on what works best for different people, so I wanted to include both.
Thanks for the feedback!
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You've inspired me to start making plushies again.
and thanks for the tutorial, i was never really sure if i was doing back stitch right.
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Oh really? That's great!
I'll be honest, I looked it up to make sure I was doing it right in case I told everyone how to do it the wrong way...
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yupp!! I may upload some pictures.
sometimes i don't even know what stitch i'm doing. i just do whatever works and looks okay. : D
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Haha, well I suppose as long as it works it doesn't matter!
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And create awful, atrocious art at some point. 
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But of course!
I'm glad you think so!
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Oh my God...thank you for posting this!!! I'm just learning how to sew and this is absolutely perfect.
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Oh, excellent!
I'll be very happy if I manage to help you. ^u^ Glad you like it! <3
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I love the clear simplicity of this tutorial. There are many variations on these that you could try out on your own too, but this is great for the basics.
Here is a link that you might like. [link]
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Thank you!
Yes, and I might well make some follow-up tutorials explaining some more complex stitches and variations. I didn't want to overcrowd it, though.
Ooh, thank you! I've never come across that before - bookmarked for future reference. ;D
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That would be awesome!
No problem about the reference. I like to share my plethora of tutorial links.
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Very good tutorial ^_^ helpful und easy to understand
Thank you <3
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Thanks so much, I'm glad you think it's useful.
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Interesting knotting technique. I'll have to try that sometime.
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It's very easy once you get the hang of it!
How do you do it, out of interest?
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Badly. 
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I would use a sewing machine... if I had a working one.
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awesome awesome! So helpful for beginners! 
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Thank you for making this easier to understand! Maybe now I can put some of the fabric I have to good use.
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I'm glad you found it easy to understand! That was my goal.
I hope so.
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It's called Cinnamon Cake. I got it from dafont.com.
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yea there's a lot of intresting fonts;3 I've also found a really useful site where you can download fonts for russian
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I like the font ouo.
I knew all these stitches, and you explained themm very well c:
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Me too. owo
Thank you very much, that was what aimed to do.
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You made this so simple and easy to follow in my opinion
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