Let’s satin stitch points!
I like birds. I like to quilt them. I like to crochet them. And I like to embroider them.
You could satin stitch a bird’s beak with a regular satin stitch, but I make a little tweak to the basic stitch that I think adds a nice dimension to birds’ beaks. It’s not any harder and it gives them just the shape I want. Watch the video to see how I do it.
Want to practice your satin stitch points?
This bird embroidery pattern has lots of them!
This free embroidery pattern of a bird driving a car has just one.
There’s another free bird embroidery pattern here.
I didn’t satin stitch the point of that beak – but you could. The stitches I list in the pattern are always just a guide!
Here are all my lessons for fill stitches (besides satin stitch).
- satin stitch
- satin stitching points
- seed stitch
- long & short stitch
- split stitch used as a fill stitch
- Turkey work
- using colored pencils or crayons with embroidery
Return to the Learn to Embroider main Table of Contents.
Move on to the lessons for all the other stitches.
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Thanks for the tutorial! Perfect for your new pattern.
I was stitching while Hubby was sleeping the other night. That pop! (Like when you stitch in your video) woke him up! He thought I was breaking something.
Krystina – Glad to be helpful! I love introducing people to a new craft.
Becky – it’s funny you mentioned the “pop.” One of the things my daughter likes about embroidery is the sound effects – the little pop when the eye of the needle goes through the fabric, and the drawn out sound of the thread sliding through. Enjoy!
thanks so much for this tutorial. I am fairly new to embroidery and it really helps to watch how to use various stitches. I need to fill in a long beak (I am working on a kiwi bird). Do you have any suggestions for that?
Thank you so much for your time.
For a long kiwi beak I would probably do regular sating stitch going across the beak the short way.