Monday, I shared a inspiration photo of a coat with a "pinstitch" detail. Now, I thought this was going to be very straight ward to locate information on how to do this. Guess what? It was not. I found tutorial for pin stitching in cross stitch, and heirloom pin stitch. There were many of these types of tutorials available. However, where is the information for using a pin stitch on a garment for top stitching or applying a zipper? I was puzzled. Perhaps I was using the incorrect term.
As it turns out, indeed it is the incorrect term. Pinstitch as used on the coat is called Pickstitch in the sewing world. Here's a video from Threads - How to Sew a Pickstitch. Here's another version - The Pickstitch. This version also mentions that it can be called a prickstitch.
I found mention of this stitch in The Vogue/Butterick Step-by-Step Guide to Sewing Techniques circa 1989, and Sewing Couture - The Couture Cardigan Jacket by Claire Shaeffer circa 2013. No doubt if I dug through more of the books in my library I would find more references.
Hope this information is useful.
Happy Stitching.
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