What I bring to you is this illustrated tutorial on Russian chain embroidery stitches. Russian chain embroidery, as the name suggests, this embroidery method originated from Russian embroidery and is usually a type of chain embroidery. It is composed of several groups of clover-shaped patterns. The ideal design is that the direction of the first group of patterns is upward. The embroidery of this pattern is more suitable for trimming. If you plan to make a horizontal border, start with the first pattern facing up and work your way down one by one. If they are vertical edges, they can be arranged one after the other, and again, with the first pattern pointing upwards.
To facilitate demonstration, I embroidered in reverse order (so you will see the first pattern facing downwards). When demonstrating, I will embroider a vertical edge at the position of three parallel lines.
1. How to embroider the first loop: Start stitching from below point A on the second line, thread it up, and then stitch from point A next to it. At point B on the second line, wrap the thread around the needle tip and take out the needle from point B.
2. How to embroider the second loop: stitch from point B to point C on the first line, BC forming a 45° angle. Wrap the thread around the needle tip and take out the needle from point C.
3. Insert the needle from the outside of the ring at point C to fix the ring, and then sew to point B and take out the needle.
4. In the same way, let’s embroider the third loop: this time starting from point B and stitching to point D on the third line. The angle of BD is the same as the angle of BC. When taking the next pattern, insert the needle from the outside of point D to fix the ring.
5. After completion, this Russian-style chain embroidery clover pattern will look like this. Said before. The pattern direction demonstrated is reversed, ideally with the first ring facing up.
6. The completed picture of vertical Russian chain embroidery is like this (reverse). You can adjust the distance between each pattern to be as sparse or dense as you like.
