This stitch is a surface
embellishment stitch, and is made on the tops of the pleats.
In other words, points A and B must both be positioned
at the peak. This causes a little awkwardness in
positioning the stitch; sometimes starbursts don’t quite
look as even as they would on flat fabric.
Whereas most smocking stitches involve
the needle passing through at least one full pleat (two
layers of fabric), with the straight stitch you just stab
the needle straight down.
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