SATIN STITCH:--This is a filling stitch used to cover regular or irregular shape spaces. Bring the needle out at the starting point on the right side and take a stitch carrying the thread across the design and bringing the needle back very close to the starting point. Continue in this manner keeping the stitches even and very closely together. When a raise effect is desired, pad the space to be covered with small running stitches worked perpendicular to the direction in which the satin stitches are to be applied.