Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 315: Threaded Detached Chain Stitch

Here is a stitch from the Chain Stitch family. Detached Chain, or Lazy Daisy as it is also called, is often used for flower buds or together with other stitches to make decorative Crazy Quilt seams.

The stitch we are learning today is based on these individual Chain stitches, but when they are threaded, they make a nice and structured linear stitch.

The threading can be done with a variety of 'difficult' threads like metallic, chenille, knobbly or very fibrous types.

I found the instructions in Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches and in Reader's Digest Complete Book of Embroidery.

Here is a photo tutorial:

Homework: Add to the three samplers

Friday Homework for Lesson 314: Split Stitch

The Split Stitch is easy, but you need to pay attention so you really split the stitch. It takes a bit more time than, for example, the Stem Stitch.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

WIPW - The Second Bookmark

 This is the Work In Progress Wednesday report for February 12.

Hexablooms

I completed ten more hexagon flowers and now have 270 in my collection.

Bookmark

The stitching on the second bookmark is now finished. Here is the reverse, as you can see the embroidery is done in Cross Stitch. Those with trained eyes can guess the pattern...

I will remove the support fabric and move it to the place where the third bookmark will be stitched.

Hina 2025

Next month,  Hina Matsuri or Doll Festival or Girls' Festival, will be held on March 3rd as usual. It is a festival when families celebrate their daughters by displaying Hina dolls depicting the Imperial couple in costumes from the Heian Era. The dolls are on show from about a month before up to the 3rd of March.

Read more about this festival and look at some photos here.

Instead of the dolls seen in the link, I have a mobile with hanging ornaments of stuffed dolls and crepe silk (chirimen) objects. This type of Hina decorations originate in Inatori, Yanagawa and Sakai cities.

By clicking on HINA in the tabs above, you can see and read more about my Hina doll mobile and the ornaments.

Every year, I make three new items. These are for 2025:

Top left: an open Physalis,  top right: three rings, bottom: a flower.

There are now 97 ornaments. Next year, I will reach the 100-item mark!!!