EPP Basics :: Ladder Stitch

[@lesley4928]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! You explained everything so well and I could easily see what you were doing. I'm going to watch your flatback video and try both stitches. Thanks again 💐

[@helentucker6407]

Thanks! That was brilliantly to the point and useful! 😊 👍

[@VictoriaPeatLittleBlackDuck]

So glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!

[@nadurkee46]

Very thorough explanation and demonstration. I grew up calling this the hidden stitch, but what’s in a name, eh? I liked your video, concise and to the point.

[@VictoriaPeatLittleBlackDuck]

Hidden stitch is a great name for it...much more descriptive of what it actually is! Glad you liked the demonstration :-)

[@steveneby3120]

Fantastic video!

[@esthermcafee5293]

Great video! Clear instructions, and a great set up to be able to see exactly what you were doing. Thanks a bunch!

[@emiliabarbosa8835]

Loved this video and getting to add this miraculous stitch to my toolbox, so cool! ❤🎉😊

[@VictoriaPeatLittleBlackDuck]

Wooohooo, always great to add a skill to the toolbox. Give it a try and let me know how you get on!

[@MrsKunis]

Thank you. I need that stitch for my pillows.

[@VictoriaPeatLittleBlackDuck]

I'm so pleased it was just what you were looking for!

[@rosinagreenwell1143]

Thank you for this tutorial. I’m fairly new to EPP and tried a few methods. This has turned out the best.

[@VictoriaPeatLittleBlackDuck]

so glad that you found the tutorial useful and that it is a technique that works for you :-)

[@terriflanigan942]

Thank you for the great tutorial! What size and type needle do you use?

[@VictoriaPeatLittleBlackDuck]

So glad you liked the tutorial. I like to use Tulip Milliners needles, size 9 or 10. I especially like the 'Big Eye' ones as they are easier to thread!

[@VOKTAA]

Ooooooo imma try this!

[@VictoriaPeatLittleBlackDuck]

Let me know how you get on!

[@VOKTAA]

@VictoriaPeatLittleBlackDuck this stitch had made piecing them together so much faster, and the pieces lay nice together. I'd say just as sturdy as the whipstich but 10000% prettier

[@VictoriaPeatLittleBlackDuck]

@@VOKTAA I'm so glad it worked out for you! You can also try out different stitch lengths to see what works best for you

[@michellerhodes4836]

The whipstitch is the only thing I didn't like about EPP. The ladder stitch is my favorite way to sew EPP. Such a big difference. Great video.

[@VictoriaPeatLittleBlackDuck]

Glad you found the video useful. I'm glad you found a stitch that works for you!

[@susanvanvleck3957]

I've tried the flat back stitch and my hands would not cooperate. I'm doing okay with the whip stitch and so far I'm liking it. This ladder stitch however? It might have just upped my EPP game. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

[@charleyanne1992]

Thanks for the great tutorial 😀 I'm currently making a la passacagalia quilt and have tried all sorts but can still see my stitching apart from flat back stitch which i cant get away with so this has helped a bunch. Was going to ask if it's as strong as whip stitch but you already said 😉. Thanks this video has seriously helped.x

[@barbaraswartzberg1834]

Looks lovely

[@didi8835]

Perfect 🤩

[@noormusallam318]

Do you think i could use this to make a jacket tighter around the waist if i cut out the unwanted fabric from the sides?

[@VictoriaPeatLittleBlackDuck]

Yes you could :-) just make sure you think about the inside of the jacket.. I.e. if there's a lining or not, and make sure you use a good quality thread

[@grandam195]

Honey, your stitches in the tutorial are so humongous. I hope folks who are just learning the sitch don't follow suit and expect the seams not to fail. The stitches should be the same length as machine stitching. Make the stitch length no more than 2 or 3 millimeters. Its an invisible running stitch and therefore in order to be strong and hold up, it needs to be finely executed. Not to be too critical, but just saying the facts. I have been hand sewing for over a half century and this is one of the stitches I learned either from a book or my grandmother. I made doll clothes and repaired and tailored the hand me downs I had to wear to school. Which never fit or were in need of serious repair in order to be wearable. No Internet back then, as it was just being invented. I know, I submitted a paper on it and I was just a kid. I also know that if the stitches on that particular seam type are not done finely enough the seam will fail. The stitches can be larger if you are sewing heavy fabrics together and seam strength is not as much of an issue. Paper piecing units, do need seam strength and therefore the nicer and finer they are done the better. The more likely the seam will hold up use. These are the facts. I had to hurry home at luch and do a quickie seam repair a time or two. How hard do you think I was on a dress seam? Not super gentle, as I was a tomboy, but not hard either. Sometimes, I was in a hurry and got lazy and made seams like you are demonstating. Which Is why I am taking the time to comment. Not to badh you. Just to let you know I have experience and know that seam won't hold up over the life of a wuilt. Maybe a wall hanging which is made and never exposed to use, it would be fine. A quilt or other items that are used and washed, nope. Sorry dear, too large.