Herringbone Stitch

A good stitch for borders and can also be used as a filling stitch. If you want to work a row of herringbone stitch all the same height it is a good idea to draw a couple of lines on the fabric to indicate the top and bottom of the stitch.

1) Bring your needle up through the fabric on the bottom guideline.	2) The thread will now be at the start point for a row of stitches.
3) Push your needle down through the fabric on the top guideline, to the right of the point where the thread first came through the fabric.	4) You will now have a diagonal stitch.
5) Bring your needle up through the fabric a little to the left of the last stitch on the top guideline.	6) This is how it will look.
7) Push the needle through the fabric to the right of the diagonal stitch and on the bottom guideline.	8) You will now have two stitches, crossing towards the top.
9) Bring your needle up through the fabric just to the left of the last stitch on the bottom guideline.	10) This is how it looks now.
11) Push your needle through the fabric on the top guideline to the right of the last stitch.	12) This is how it looks now
13) Keep repeating steps 5 to 12 until you have finished your row of stitches.