T-Stitch

T- Stitch is a great background stitch to keep in your pocket. 

It is a light coverage stitch which means you will see some canvas through the stitches. This is intentional. 

T-Stitch is best worked in a fine thread like Petite Silk Lamé Braid. 

The example above is done in Threadworx Overdyed Metallics. 
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