This stitch can be used in straight rows and bands. It can also be stitched along a curved edge if guidelines are carefully marked on the fabric. It’s a useful stitch for making a variety of designs in your work.
Materials Needed
The materials you will need include needle, embroidery thread, and your fabric, as well as an embroidery hoop to hold your work taut. Optionally, you may use a water-soluble marker to ensure you are making straight rows.
How to Make the Chevron Stitch
Follow these steps to make the chevron stitch:
Working in the Chevron Stitch
If you plan to work this stitch on curves, first, be cautious with how tight the arc is. Subtle curves are much easier to work. The other thing to bear in mind is how much you will need to adjust the spacing of the stitches on the outside of the curve to keep the diagonal lines looking even. Besides adjusting the spacing for curves, consider altering how close or far apart the stitches are. The spacing makes a huge difference for the appearance of chevron stitch. In fact, it isn’t even necessary that the placement of the upper and lower lines are staggered as in the example. Play around with this to give yourself options.
Variations
A variation of chevron stitch is the double chevron stitch. Typically worked in two colors, this version is simply stitching one row of stitches, then going back over the first row and filling in the spaces. You could also vertically stagger the lines of stitching to create a different kind of layering. Chevron stitch is good for combining with other stitches. The gaps between each zigzag are a perfect place to add in other stitches.
