How to embroider Ceylon Stitch

Instructions

1. Mark the shape you want to fill with a Ceylon stitch and outline it with tiny Backstitch stitches. These stitches will serve as anchors and guiding lines for your filling.

2. Take the needle up between the first and the second Backstitch on the top left corner.

3. Pass the needle under the first Backstitch from the top downwards to form the first loop.

4. Now, pass it under the second anchoring stitch.

5. Make the loops under each Backstitch on the top outline and take the needle down between the first and second Backstitch on the right side.

6. Take the needle to the surface between the second and third Backstitch on the left.

7. Pass the needle under the crossing threads of the first loop of the first row.

8. Pass the needle under the second loop. Repeat until there is a new loop under each loop from the previous row.

9. Add as many rows of the loops as your design requires. You can change the color of the thread from row to row.

10. When you make the last row of the loops, anchor them to the bottom line of the Backstitch outline. Pass the needle under the stitch from the top downwards and continue to the next loop.