Mirrored Blanket Stitch

Mirrored Blanket Stitch

Mirrored Blanket stitch is one of the decorative variations of the Blanket stitch. The stitches are alternately narrow and widely spaced. This creates a beautiful repetitive pattern.

Other names of the stitch

The Mirrored Blanket stitch is also called the Up and down blanket stitch or Mirrored buttonhole stitch.


Mirrored Blanket stitch - Front and Back side

Applications of Mirrored Blanket stitch

This beautiful embroidery stitch is used for:

  • Outlines
  • Edges
  • Decorative borders
  • Surface decorative embroidery

More embroidery stitches from the Blanket stitch family:

Video tutorial

Watch this video tutorial and learn how to embroider Mirrored Blanket stitch.

What’s next?

Looking for some other stitch? Head to the Stitches and Techniques part of this blog and choose the stitch you want to learn!

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