WIPW - Filling In More Gaps

How fast a week has passed! Here is the Work In Progress Wednesday report on what I have done in the last seven days.

Hexablooms

Another ten flowers have been added to the collection of finished blocks, the total is now 180.

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

I have been adding new stitches to fill in some more gaps.

#249 Fly Stitch Rose Stitch and #288 Fairy Lights.

#44 Mille Fleur Stitch and #9 Interlaced Running Stitch.

 

Correction

After having been contacted by the maker of some quilts I posted about from the quilt show in Yokohama last year, I have corrected that blog post. You can find the corrections here.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 308: Crossed Cretan Stitch

Are you ready for a tricky stitch? I first found Crossed Cretan Stitch at Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials and then on YouTube at Royal Embroideries. Do have a look.

I must admit that this stitch does not look like a Cretan Stitch (see below) at all, but rather a crowned Herringbone Stitch (as seen in the video).

Anyway, here is my photo tutorial.

Start with the first part of the Cretan Stitch.

Then take a diagonal stitch, but leave a small space open.

Take a horizontal Back Stitch and come out where the open space was.

Here you can see the four spikes of a crown, or is it a rooster's comb?

Repeat the procedure for the lower part of the stitch,

and make sure to place the thread under the needle.

Go on.

It's a rather unusual stitch, don't you agree?

Homework:

Add here.

Friday Homework for Lesson 307: Rhodes Diamond Stitch

Like all the other Rhodes stitches, this is a beauty.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth