Easy Blanket Stitch Tutorial CM Homeschoolers: Hand Sewing
Not much has changed with hand sewing stitches for hundreds of years, including the blanket stitch tutorial for you CM Homeschoolers that we are learning today. The blanket stitch is still used for blankets, button holes, and other things. This would make a great free and easy lesson for your Charlotte Mason handicrafts!
These days a lot more things can be sewed with the blanket stitch, including felt ornaments, doll clothes, etc. Below I use the blanket stitch for the dolls clothes, and the heart pouches she is lounging on.
So how do you do a blanket stitch for kids? We are about to find out and more!
Today we will learn:
- How to use a blanket stitch for beginners, there so many fun ways!
- How to sew a blanket stitch
- How to end a blanket stitch
- Links for the other beginner hand sewing stitches that you can use as Charlotte Mason inspired handicraft lessons
No more wondering what to do for your Charlotte Mason inspired handicraft lessons!
How Do You Use A Blanket Stitch For Beginners?
There are many things the blanket stitch can be used for. All of these can fit into 2 categories. The first is,
3 Dimensional Projects.
The blanket stitch is my favorite stitch for more crafty handicrafts. By this I mean, it’s great for the making of Christmas ornaments, gnomes, super simple easy doll clothing, you can also use the blanket stitch to join two pieces together to make all sorts of things like bags, stuffed animals, pillows etc. (see above photo for a couple examples)
This use of the blanket stitch is great for your children during handicraft lessons to make up their own projects. Which of course makes your day a little bit easier. I will be sharing many ideas and tutorials to get your children’s imagination soaring! So be sure to come back!
2 Dimensional Projects
The more traditional use for hand sewing is used for buttonholes and button loops. It can also be used to sew on a pocket in a very decorative way.
Today we are going to practice the 2 dimensional way of using the blanket stitch. But don’t worry we will learn the 3D way soon!
We are now ready to learn the blanket stitch step by step with photos, so it is nice and easy for beginners!
Easy Blanket Stitch Tutorial CM Homeschoolers
We will start this lesson as we have the other beginner hand sewing stitches, write the name of the stitch followed by a line under it, as pictured. (For the first lesson, click here, second lesson click here, and third lesson click here.)
After knotting and threading your needle, pull the needle from underneath. The first stitch will look like an L, but in reverse.
Come up at the left edge of your line. Skip the bottom corner of the reverse L and go right to the top of the reverse L and go down with your needle. Do not pull all the way. Come back up again where the corner of the reverse L is, pull all the way. Can you see the reverse L?
(Sorry the photo’s don’t look the same, I am trying to figure that out! It’s harder than I thought it would be. Thank you for your patience!)
Now we keep going the same way, but it will start looking like a bunch of square U’s instead of reverse L’s.
Keep sewing until you reach the end!
How To End A Blanket Stitch
To end a blanket stitch, simply wrap the thread on your needle 3 or so times, go back down right next to where you last came up from. If you would like to do this twice for extra strength, wrap the thread around your needle again, come back up close to where you just went down. To finish, bring the needle back down, again close to where you just were, cut the thread under your sampler.
Blanket Stitch By Hand Review and A Look Ahead
You know now how to sew the blanket stitch by hand! You also know what kind of projects can be made using the blanket stitch. Your problem of what to do for your Charlotte Mason inspired handicraft lesson is now solved!
Be sure to come back for upcoming blog posts! I will be sharing many more tutorials and projects for hand sewing and other handicrafts such as spinning, knitting, crochet and more! We are going to have such fun! The question “what do I do for handicraft lessons today” will be solved for you!
Today’s blanket stitch tutorial is one in a series for your Charlotte Mason homeschooling handicraft lessons. We are learning 5 hand sewing stitches in total, today being number 4.
To learn the other stitches click on the links below:
- Lesson 2-Back stitch
- Lesson 3-Running back stitch
Be sure to come for more handicraft lesson tutorials for your homeschool!
Good by for now!
P.S. If you want to make dolls like the one pictured above, click here for my patterns you can buy!
