Today I want to let Shami Immanuel of My Craft Works teach us how to make the Kashmiri Ball Stitch. On her blog post, she has a link to the video you can see below.
Or you can have a look at my photo tutorial.
Homework: Add Kashmiri Balls to the three samplers.
This was faster and easier than I expected!
Aida Sampler
Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart
Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth
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White, Metallic and odd pieces of fabric that have been turned into Hexagons, that's what this week's Work In Progress Wednesday report is all about.
Hexablooms
I have mainly made parts, e.g. the white hexagons that fill in gaps in the pattern and the metallic hexagons used for the middle of the flowers.
The other hexagons, those I am using for the luncheon mats that will be given to some friends, have been assembled into two flowers.
Today, we have a canvas stitch of the trellis type that I picked up from Shannon Downey at Badasscrossticher. The stitch is called Torocko Stitch and consists of a grid and a number of upright crosses that are couched down in the middle.
You can also check out Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials. Or KimberlyOuimet. Or have a look at Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, if you have the book.
Here is my photo tutorial:
You need to measure out a grid of squares of odd numbers. On Aida or other types of fabric, it is easy to count the holes, and aim for squares of an uneven number of holes. I used 7 holes.
Place upright crosses over the grid, like this.
Until you have completed the grid.
