How to make the filled stitch

Learn to embroider the filled stitch

The stuffed stitch is a technique widely used in embroidery. Its origin is very old. It consists of embroidering straight lines to fill in different designs, from the simplest to the most complex drawings.
Among the most used embroideries to use the filled stitch, I highlight the drawings of flowers, animals, people, objects, letters, simple and complex geometric figures, hearts and many other ideas.

Filled dot is ideal for fillings because it provides a raised feel and is suitable for filling in small areas as the lines need to stay together, side by side, to create the filled effect with no gaps or voids. .

It is very easy to embroider with this pretty stitch. Even beginning embroiderers don't need much experience to embroider it. However, as with all other embroidery techniques, the ideal is to start embroidering the simplest designs, with designs made freely by yourself or using printed patterns, taken from magazines or the Internet.

See how to embroider leaves with the filled stitch, in this video from art and painting:

Filled point step by step

To more easily learn to embroider with filled stitch, start your work with simple designs, based on geometric figures.
Transfer the design to the fabric, then embroider with thread. If you want to embroider a circular shape, start in the center of the design.
It enters through the upper part of the fabric and exits through the lower part, making several lines in a row, one next to the other. Leave no gaps and continue embroidering until the entire design is filled.
When the drawings have more elaborate outlines, they need to be part of the same drawing.
If you want to fill circles with the filled point, first do one half and then do the other half, because as I mentioned above, the ideal is to start in the center so that you get a perfect job.
If you want to fill in a square, start at the sides and continue embroidering, following the continuity of the figure until the design is complete.
Finally, finish off in the back. Remember that, in all embroideries, the knots are hidden.

drawings to embroider

I will present to you some ideas of drawings to embroider with filled dot:

The best fabrics to embroider this point

The best fabric to embroider the filled stitch, especially for beginning embroiderers, is the vagonite fabric, because it has a very defined pattern in relation to the spaces of each stitch.
However, there are other widely used fabrics that you can buy in the market, namely: linen, jute, hemp, étamine, canvas and chambray. In addition to these fabrics, depending on the embroidery and the degree of experience of the embroiderer, it is also possible to embroider fantastic works with silk and cotton, without any problem.