Fold the two loose edges of the garment (where the zip used to be) together and sew the the seam closed using long stitches in contrasting thread.
There are more than 150 canvas embroidery stitches, most of which are a variation or combination of the long stitch, covering more than one mesh, or intersection of threads, and the tent stitch, which covers only one.
They are less interesting for their skillful neo-Expressionist-meets-fashion-illustration style than for their effective physical eccentricities, especially the rendering process — energetic free-form embroidery of long stitches both dense and spidery.
More important, after initially sketching in her scenes in paint, she renders them in an energetic free-form embroidery, with long stitches that build to a dense tapestrylike softness or span barer stretches of canvas with spidery networks that resemble drawing.
The basting stitch has a long stitch length -- sturdier stitches have medium or short stitch lengths.
You can stitch along the edges of the velcro or make one long stitch down the middle.
It looks just like a zigzag (hence the name) and comes in short, medium, and long stitch lengths, too.
From this point forward, your objective should be to make long stitches in one piece of fabric and tiny stitches in the other.
This can be done by hand or with the sewing machine using a long stitch and decreasing the pressure on the feed dogs of the machine to let the fabric and pins slide more smoothly through the stitching area.
If you're not sure whether your markings will result in a good fit, use a long stitch that will hold the fabric together but will be easy to remove if the shirt doesn't fit well.
If basting stitches show on the outside of the piece after the final sewing is done, they are easy to remove because they are a long stitch that a seam ripper or small scissor can slide under to cut the thread without cutting the fabric.
