How to do blanket stitch leaves

Two of the trees on my autumn trees design have leaves which are done in decorative blanket stitch with a straight stitch down the middle providing a guide. The other two trees are lazy daisy stitch.  

Here's a blanket stitch leaves tutorial complete with illustrated embroidery stitch instructions and an embroidery stitch video.  

 

Blanket stitch leaves tutorial

• Using straight stitch, sew a line down the centre of each leaf. Use the centre line as the base for your blanket stitches.
• Bring the needle through the fabric at 1, push it back down at 2 leaving a loose loop, pull thread through the loop to form first stitch.  
• Bring the needle up at 3, pulling it through the thread loop and continue.
• When you get to the point of a leaf stitch it as shown on the video and the diagram below.
• To finish off, make a tiny stitch over the thread to hold the last loop in place.

Download my free stitch guide covering 10 basic embroidery stitches, including blanket stitch.

Blanket stitch leaves video