WIPW - Making New Parts

 Work In Progress Wednesday. 

Hexablooms

I made a number of parts for the Hexagon wall hanging.

Sunday Stitch School Indigo Sampler

I added this week's new stitch (#366 Spider Web Stitch) to the sampler. Here worked in wool.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 366: Spider's Web Stitch

As promised, here is one of the basic stitches I missed. Spider's Web should have been added LONG ago. It also goes under the name Woven Wheel.

I followed the instructions in Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches. At Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials, there are photos and a video to show you how to execute the stitch.

My Spider's Web photo instructions are here:

Mark the centre and an odd number of spokes.

Weave your way around the centre by going over and under each spoke,

round and round and round...

Anchor under the woven entre.

By using a different thread/colour/weight, you get a more striking look.

Homework:

Let the spider weave its web here.

Friday Revision Homework - Stitches: 361 - 365

This time Sunbonnet Sue is engaged in a daily activity she shares with everyone in the world - that of waiting. 

She has popped into a café and is sipping her drink while watching the hands of the clock on the wall. 

Who or what is she waiting for? Is the 'who' or the 'what' 5 minutes late? It is already 3.05 pm.

It was fun to use the various stitches: 

#365 Link Powdering Stitch made a nice leopard print for her T-shirt, 

#362 Roza's Ladder Stitch turned out to be great for both the tweed skirt and the cut glass vase,

#363 Torocko Stitch was just right for a checked bag

#364 Kashimiri Ball Stitch was the obvious choice for the clock and also for the flowers on the table

finally #361 Vertical Herringbone just had to be the decoration of the aluminium table.

Other stitches used are, Stem Stitch for the body outlines, chair, hair, shoes and scarf.

I used Straight Stitch for the glasses and Backstitched Chain Stitch for the bag's handle.

WIPW - Catching Up On The Indigo Sampler

Work In Progress Wednesday report for the beginning of June.

I have neglected work on the 

Sunday Stitch School's Indigo Sampler 

for a couple of weeks. Therefore I am pleased to show you #363 Torocko Stitch, #364 Kashmiri Ball Stitch and #365 Link Powdering Stitch.

Hexablooms

22 blocks in row #15 have joined hands. As soon as the others are attached, I will start joining this row of blocks to row #14.