Checkered Chain Band - Embroidery Stitch Tutorial

 Hi all

Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you the embroidery stitch tutorial for checkered chain band.  It looks a bit complicated with two set of threads.  This tutorial will give you clear and crisp instructions for doing the checkered chain band stitch.  It looks like magic chain stitch over straight lines.  

Let's move on to the tutorial.  In this tutorial I have used three different colour threads.  For the base blue colour is used.  2 more contrasting colour threads are threaded in two needles with the threads doubled.  I use 6 strands of thread.  

1)This stitch is done between two vertical lines that are spaced 1/4".  Now make horizontal stitches as shown with equal spacing.

2)  2 contrast colour threads threaded in the needle.  Threads should be doubled.

3)Bring the first thread up below the first straight stitch.  It should come up in the middle of the straight stitch.

4)Pass the first thread under the second straight stitch without picking up the fabric. Pull through the thread.

5)  Split the thread as shown above.

6)Bring the second colour thread up  in between the splited thread and below the second straight stitch and pull through.

7)  Now Split the second colour (Green) thread.

8)Bring the first colour thread(Pink) to the front(This is coming from inside the second colour).

9)  Pass the second colour thread under the next(third) straight stitch and pull through.

10)  Now split the first colour and bring the second colour to the front.

11)  Pass the first colour(Pink) under the next straight stitch and pull through.

12)  Split the second colour and bring the first colour to the front and pass the second colour under the next straight stitch.

Repeat the above step with the first and second colour alternatively till the end of the stitch line.

Bring the last colour that passes under the straight stitch to the front by splitting the other colour and anchor the thread that is splitted. In my case it is pink colour. 

Now anchor the other colour outside the pink loop.

A line of checkered Chain Band stitch is formed.  

Hope all of you find this tutorial useful.  I will be back soon with the finish of the embroidery floral heart in my next post.  Till then, happy embroidering and have a nice day.