Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Work In Progress Wednesday - Freeform Embroidery

For holiday, how about an embroidery project that is totally free of planning, a stitch-as-you go, stitch-as-the fancy-takes you project.

I started out with a circle and filled in the line with Mountmellick and Portuguese Stem.
A number of lines sprout out from the circle, one with Twisted Chain, another with Basque and Up and Down Buttonhole.





Two of the lines start from the circle, at the same point and fan out, then meet in the middle and change tracks, eventually they will maybe form a figure 8.
I used the following stitches, Whipped Running, Detached Up and Down Buttonhole, Laced Running


 This is what I have for Work In Progress Wednesday this week.






7 comments:

Rachel said...

That's a good start. It's always fun to just play with stitches for a while, isn't it!

Pamela said...

Great start! I like doing things that don't require following a chart or pattern, so this is very appealing.

Julie Fukuda said...

That is a good way to spend a bit of time now that it is getting hotter and more humid ... and it looks like there is a lot of rain coming this way into the weekend and following week. My needle will be going in and out as well.

carorose said...

Playing often leads to great discoveries. Hope this happens for you.

Eliza said...

I like your creativity specially the first one with Mountmellick and Portuguese Stem. Good work

Cynthia@wabi-sabi-quilts said...

Your embroidery is always so pretty. I love those ocean colors.

jacaranda said...

Free form stitching is very relaxing, the needle leads the way. Stay cool, send some warmth our way please, it is quite cold.