About RSN Stitch Bank
Double buttonhole bars
Double buttonhole bars are narrow thread structures which are worked across a void. A widely-spaced buttonhole stitch is worked across the thread base, and then a second row of buttonhole stitch is worked from the other side of the bar, between the ‘legs’ of the first row. This results in a bar which has a raised edge on both sides; see buttonhole bars for a version with a raised edge on just one side.
The bars can be woven over threads from the ground fabric (where most of the fabric has been cut away), or over threads which have been stitched across the void.
See double buttonhole stitch for a surface stitch version of these bars.
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Method
Prepare bars of at least three threads to work onto.
Bring your thread through the fabric, just left of the base of the bar you plan to work on.
Take the needle under the bar from right to left and over the working thread to form a buttonhole stitch.
Pull the thread to the left and tighten the buttonhole around the base of the bar, ensuring the ridge lies to the left.
Repeat the buttonhole stitch along the length of the bar, tightening each stitch against a large needle to leave sufficient space between each stitch to accommodate the subsequent line of buttonhole stitch.
At the end of the bar, take the needle down through the fabric on the left hand side.
Bring the needle back to the surface at the top on the right hand side.
Take the needle under the bar from left to right and over the the working thread to form a buttonhole stitch. Tighten the thread to the right to ensure the ridge lies on the outer edge.
Continue back down the bar working a buttonhole stitch into each space. When you have finished the bar, take the needle down through the fabric at the base on the right hand side.
Double buttonhole bars
Structure of stitch
Common uses
Embroidery Techniques
Related Stitches
Identifying Double buttonhole bars
Double buttonhole bars can be distinguished from standard buttonhole bars by the raised edge on both sides of the bar, rather than just one.