Monday 29 April 2019

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 96: Buttonholed Fly Stitch

Thank you for all kind words about Sunbonnet Sue, the Weaving Viking Maiden!

Today we have a neat stitch, easy and good for floral motifs and crazy quilt embellishments.
I can't remember where I saw it, but the name tells us it is a Fly Stitch which has had Buttonhole Stitch worked over its V-shape.

Updated: For a French name, Mattia suggests: point de plume ou point de mouche festonné

First make a Fly Stitch:


Then come up outside the left top of the V

Make Buttonhole stitches over the left V-bar.

Anchor the stitch at the outer edge of the pointed V, so the Buttonholed fringe lies flat.

Come out on the other side of the tip of the V, and fill this side with Buttonhole stitches, too.

Anchor at the top outer edge.

Doesn't it look like a Peter Pan collar?

Homework:
The new Aida Sampler,
Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart
Teal Wool Tailoring Scribble Cloth




5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bonjour, je n'ai rien trouvé en français pour ce point
Il peut être :
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point de plume ou point de mouche festonné
Voilà
Mattia

Rachel said...

And then you could do a double buttonholed fly stitch and you've have a butterfly with very little extra effort, I suspect!

jacaranda said...

I love this stitch, the added buttonhole looks great. Many of them together could represent the leaf of a fern.

Pamela said...

I like this!

Janie said...

Amazing combination. Yes, it could be a collar or a butterfly!