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Friday, 14 September 2012

TAST2012, Week 37

After last week's break it is time again for a TAST stitch. The Pistil Stitch is a form of French Knot and resembles the pistil of a flower. I have often used it in floral embroideries but though I wanted to do something different.

In last week's summery of the TAST stitches I played with zentangels and made a bird.

Zentangles were such fun for this week's challenge I started scribbling lines on a piece of pink batik. The empty fields were filled with Pistil stitches.

The result is very abstract, not a flower in sight!


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19 comments:

  1. Anonymous14 September 2012 at 19:59

    Looks like a ball of variegated yarn. :-)

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  2. Kathy14 September 2012 at 21:43

    So interesting to look at!

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  3. Zurn14 September 2012 at 22:43

    This is absolutely wonderful. I particularly like the fabric you chose to stitch on. Just beautiful.

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    1. Queeniepatch17 September 2012 at 11:27

      Hi!
      I like the freedom to stitch on ANY fabric and batik is especially embroidery friendly.

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  4. Annet14 September 2012 at 23:40

    Love this!

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  5. latha15 September 2012 at 00:11

    Nice work...Good that I knew what zentangles are. Thanks.

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    1. Queeniepatch17 September 2012 at 11:30

      I learned about zentangles through Pintangle and although I have scribbled during telephone conversations etc I now know how to 'develop' such 'graffiti' and incorporate it in my embroidery. Give it a try; it's great fun!

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  6. Claudia15 September 2012 at 00:32

    For me this is a perfect abstract composition and I really love it. Very inspirational!

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  7. J Honda15 September 2012 at 11:27

    lovely work, Queenie :D

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  8. Pippas quilts15 September 2012 at 17:05

    Wonderful colours and the stitching in between the lines are great.

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  9. Lis Harwood15 September 2012 at 20:31

    Lovely stitching and I enjoyed the little zentangle video - didn't know there was a name for what we've all been doing all these years!!

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    1. Queeniepatch17 September 2012 at 11:44

      I guess there is a name for every action under the sun! 'Zen' in zentangle might be from zen meditation as this is a very meditative form of scribbling. Whatever, it is a great form of relaxation and useful for embroidery design!

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  10. Raphaela15 September 2012 at 23:00

    Beautiful zentangle stitching.

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  11. Debbie16 September 2012 at 10:53

    Another great cool idea!

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  12. City Krafters16 September 2012 at 18:26

    Beautiful stitching .

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  13. Lins Artyblobs16 September 2012 at 23:16

    Great zentangling and stitching!

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  14. crazyQstitcher17 September 2012 at 08:37

    WoW! This is so good. What a great idea to highlight one stitch. What a lovely calendar(12 stitches) it would make displayed like this.

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    1. Queeniepatch17 September 2012 at 11:50

      I agree, using only one TAST stitch in each of 12 'scribbles' one would get a beautiful calendar. The Pistil stitch is especially nice as it can be used both as a liniar and detatched stitch. As would chain, fly and bullion...

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  15. City Krafters18 September 2012 at 15:39

    Lovely stitches, very neat as always.

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