How to blind stitch?

[bulio]

Hi everyone,

After completing my first bag, I did eveything great (4 panel mr sandbag) although I couldn't properly seal the top part. What I was wondering, is how do you blind stich the top so it looks good, and plays well? Can someone give me a tutorial link or give me some pointers?

Thanks

[mosher]

I hope this helps.


Picture this as a panel /----------\

Then this is two panels next to eachother /----------\/----------\

Think about the path the needle would follow as it goes through the \/ with each stitch.

(Assuming you are stabbing from left to right.)

Normally you would push the needle through both pieces at once with them pressed together.

the needle would go through ---\ from the inside and then into the /--- of the next one right?

To do the blind stitch you stab the needle up from the underside of the left panel and then stab it down into the /--- edge, lining them up.

If you then pull the thread through it will pull the two pieces together and it will look like you did a normal stitch from the underside.

I hope that makes sense.