Detached Buttonhole Embroidery Stitch

This is a copy of the handout I use for the detached buttonhole stitch I use for teaching at Embroidery classes. Please use it, and remember to cite you sources!

DETACHED BUTTONHOLE STITCH

·         Because this stitch is not attached to anything, it can be stuffed to give a raised appearance, or be totally cut from the fabric to form the basis of stumpwork

·         The buttonhole stitch has several common variations (blanket stitch, eyelet stitch, and the detached buttonhole)

·         A filling stitch with several variations (closed buttonhole, crossed buttonhole, Buttonhole shading <top knotted buttonhole stitch, German knotted buttonhole stitch, tailors buttonhole stitch, Armenian edging stitch>)

      

HOW TO COMPLETE

WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE

I will make sure to update this as I collect more information, and with better pictures

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

¨       http://www.howtohistory.com/2011/02/top-ten-medieval-embroidery-stitches-7-detached-button-hole-stitch/

¨       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttonhole_stitch

¨       http://books.google.com/books?id=lEiGeSLKLjMC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=history+of+the+detached+buttonhole+stitch&source=bl&ots=pMkodWAdyW&sig=oZ16UKI-8XMntlGwg-q7vtfm4yQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tAPOUYCWJaW30AHq6oHABg&ved=0CFcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20the%20detached%20buttonhole%20stitch&f=false

¨       Exploring Elizabethan Embroidery< Dorothy Clarke (Author), Stephanie Powell (Author)>

Hope you enjoy!
~An