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Background Stitches

Helpful plastic canvas tips!

The following stitches are used for filling in large areas of canvas. The Continental Stitch is the most commonly used stitch. Other stitches, such as the Condensed Mosaic and Scotch Stitch, fill in large areas of canvas more quickly than the Continental Stitch because their stitches cover a larger area of canvas.

Condensed Mosaic
Continental Stitch
Cross Stitch
Long Stitch
Reverse Continental
Running Stitch
Scotch Stitch
Slanted Gobelin

TIPS & TECHNIQUES

Background Stitches
Embroidery Stitches
Finishing Stitches
Handy Helper - Home-Made Kit
Marking and Cutting Canvas
Needloft Discontinued Yarn Colors and Substitutions
Plastic Canvas - Glue Strings
Reading a Plastic Canvas Graph
Selecting Supplies
Specialty Stitches
Starting to Stitch
Starting Your Project
Yarn Yards to Ounces Conversion Table