Mattress stitch seam
There are various techniques for joining crochet pieces with an invisible seam, but as I like simplicity I'm going to show you a way that can be done from both the wrong and right sides of the piece.
In the example below, the piece is positioned with the wrong side facing up, but it can be done on both sides, it just depends on the result you want.
If you do it from the right side of the work, that is, with the right side facing you, the result will be reverse mattress stitch, which also has a very nice effect.
See here how to do the reverse mattress stitch.
It's very easy to make mattress stitch seam on crochet pieces. Follow the steps below or watch the video at the end of the article to see for yourself.
See the step-by-step instructions for sewing:
- Place the wrong side facing out.
- Take a piece of yarn approximately 3 times the length of the seam to be made.
- With a tapestry needle, thread the yarn from right to left, taking up only the outer “leg” of the stitches.
- Repeat the process but this time from left to right.
- Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have sewn all the stitches, taking care to leave the stitches a little loose.
- Pull on both ends of the thread to tighten the stitches enough without puckering the piece.
- Then just turn the piece right side out and check the result.
Check out the video where I show this step-by-step.
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