pad stitch

Pad stitches are a type of running stitch made by placing small stitches perpendicular to the line of stitching.

Mountmellick embroidery uses predominantly knotted and padded stitches to create beautifully textured whitework embroidery.

Pad stitches secure two or more layers of fabric together and give the layers more firmness; smaller and denser stitches create more firmness.

In one method, a line is stitched to create padding, then another thread covers the padding stitches in small stitches at right angles to the padding stitches.

For example, pad stitches in a suit's lapel run parallel to the lapel's roll line; pad stitches in the under collar of a tailored jacket run parallel to the collar's back edge.