Work other than stitching has kept me from making any progress on the Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler.
Here is my meagre Work In Progress Wednesday report on the only work I have done.
Greeting Card
I had to make a birthday card. The floral print of this fabric was enhanced with embroidery before I attached it to the window of the card with Glove Stitch.
There are many ways to alter stitches, one of them is by whipping. Look at these:
Whipped Chain Stitch, two versions
Whipped Wheel
Whipped Fly Stitch
Whipped Fly Stitch consists of a row of Fly Stitch that has been whipped and the Whipped Wheel is often seen made up of five or more spokes.
In one of my Swedish embroidery books, 'Brodera' by Danish author Jytte Harboesgaard, however, there is a detached Whipped Fly Stitch. It produces a round shape with a Y in it.
So for today's Sunday Stitch School's stitch, I present Whipped Fly Stitch Wheel.
Begin by making a single Fly Stitch:
So easy and quick, yet this is a nice-looking stitch.
The Detached Chevron Stitch makes me think of alphabetic letters, fonts and graphic designs.
Aida Sampler
Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth
It is Wednesday and time for another Work In Progress Wednesday report.
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
has a magical cornucopia and out of it oozes more canvas stitches:
#162 Cashmere Stitch (orange and purple),
#137 Brick Stitch (yellow),
#34 Japanese Stitch (blue, brown and green)
and also #105 Burden Stitch (green, pink, purple).
There are more stitches that will pop out, hopefully by next Wednesday.
Welcome to stitch 222 - isn't it amazing that we have found so many stitches? Partly it is because we are using variations of basic stitches. Today's stitch is just such an alternative, the detached version of Chevron Stitch.
I found it at Fa's Kitchen, have a look at Fareeha's instructions here.
This is my photo tutorial for Detached Chevron Stitch:
As long as you keep the two rows of Chain Stitch even in length, it is easy to lace/stitch the contrasting Chain Stitch between them.
I am still too busy to make good progress, but I have added a few more Canvas Stitches.
Here is my Work In Progress Wednesday report.
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
Those who have followed TAST (Take A Stitch Tuesday) have probably come across a stitch called Triple Chain Stitch.
Recently I found another Triple Chain Stitch, at Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials.
I want to use this newly found stitch for my collection here at Sunday Stitch School, but need to keep the two stitches apart. I will therefore take the liberty to call the latter Sarah's Triple Chain Stitch.
Here is how to stitch it:
Make a line of Chain Stitch.
The canvas stitches were difficult to do on this small scale, and are not very impressive either. I will have to select a better use for the next canvas stitch and make the stitches larger.
On the other hand, I think two stitches, the Pointed Tip Buttonhole Knot Flower and the New England Stitch, were good for the carrots and their green fronds.
As you can see, Sunbonnet Sue has joined the millions of people around the globe who grow their own vegetables, now that food prices have skyrocketed. She is lucky enough to still have enough water to keep the kitchen garden going.
Even in the extreme heat time passes quickly, and I must leave my Work In Progress Wednesday report.
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
It was time for some canvas stitches. To get a reasonably good grid I used waste canvas to guide the needle.
First I added a smattering of individual canvas stitches shooting out of the cornucopia. For each of them there will then be a block, filling up a square or rectangle.
We have completed another set of five stitches, 216 - 220, and it is time to review them and make a Sunbonnet Sue sampler. What will she be up to this time, do you think?
If you click the name of each stitch below, a link will take you to the instructions.
Instead of four stitches across the arms of the large cross, which would make it a Rice Stitch, the simplified version has only two. Where you place them and how long you make them is up to you.
218 Pointed Tip Buttonhole Knot Flower
This is an Indian floral stitch. It is simple to make and stunning to look at, do give it a try. Perfect for both petals and leaves.
219 Two-sided Italian Cross Stitch
The name is misgiving, there are at least three sides with a Straight Stitch, but if you use it as a filling canvas stitch you have four sides. So shouldn't it be called a Boxed-In Cross? Be that as it may, this stitch is beautiful.
220 Back Stitched Herringbone Stitch
Three cheers for Sharon Boggon and Pintangle. Here is a nice version of Herringbone Stitch, as recently seen on her blog.
Homework:
Make a Sunbonnet Sue in action. Here is a hint.
