The larger the grid the easier this stitch it. On a finer scale, one might miss a hole just because it is difficult to see between the stacked stitches.
I also scaled down the design to make smaller stars. They are neat, easy to do and fast as well.
Aida Sampler
Work In Progress Wednesday - I am plodding along and have made the following progress:
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
I added three linear stitches. They are #27 Buttonholed Buttonhole Stitch (bottom stitch), #68 Scottish Cretan Stitch (brown) and #55 Tailor's Buttonhole Stitch (variegated pink/blue)
First of all, I would like to express my gratitude for the kind responses to my latest Sunbonnet Sue post. Although grief is obviously very hard to handle, we have to accept that death is a natural part of life.
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Now let's move on.
I know it is not Christmas yet, but if you want to stitch something starry here is Badass Star Stitch. This is another stitch I picked up from BadassCrossStitch. You can see Shannon's neat stitch sample and diagram if you click on the link.
In the name of fairness, I also want to tell you about the instructions for this stitch at Pumora, where Anne calls it The Star Shaped Rhodes Stitch.
Homework:
Let the stars shine on these three samplers.
Friday No, Saturday Revision Homework. It is past midnight here in Tokyo, and I didn't make it in time to hand in my homework on a Friday. Well, it can't be helped...
A typhoon is approaching and the rain is pelting down. In the homework picture, rain is falling on Sunbonnet Sue, too. I guess tears are also falling from her eyes.
In recent months so many of us have lost someone, be it a beloved Queen, a politician with diplomatic skills extraordinaire, a heroic soldier, a victim of flooding, a reluctant soldier, a small child swept away in torrential rain, a tortured civilian, or in my case, a family member passing quietly...
Apart from these five stitches, I have used Stem Stitch and Running Stitch.
I am sitting here yawning after a LONG day's work. That is why I don't have as much progress to show for Work In Progress Wednesday as I would have liked.
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
I only added one item - a row of #26 Zig-zag Stitch in grey.
Recently Sunbonnet Sue was gardening. Now it is time for her to illustrate another summery of five stitches, namely:
221 Sarah's Triple Chain Stitch (click the title to see instructions)
A fancy way of using 3 x Chain Stitch!
When the Chevron Stitch is done as an individual stitch it looks rather different - and striking.
A Whipped Wheel based on the Fly Stitch will give you this decorative emblem-like stitch.
Stem Stitch + Threaded Satin Stitch + French Knot = Guilloche Stitch!
This is easy, fast and attractive. Your tricky threads can come out to play, especially if the loops in your Chain Stitch base are large.
Homework:
Make a scene with Sunbonnet Sue to showcase these five stitches.
So quick, yet so nice.
How can time fly so fast? Has it anything to do with the heat? Once again Wednesday is upon me all of a sudden! Luckily I have some progress to show.
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
#163 Canvas Stem Stitch (turquoise and brown) and #54 Tramming (red is worked with Tent Stitch and green with Cross Stitch).
Here is another way to play with the Chain Stitch and two threads. The stitch is called Overlaid Threaded Chain Stitch, and I learned it from Shami of My Craft Works. She has a tutorial here.
You make a Chain Stitch row and then
weave another thread through the loops as seen below:
It's easy-peasy and a good chance to use some difficult threads.
The Guilloche Stitch is much easier than one would think at first sight. The combination of these very simple and well-known stitches makes a nice design. On Aida or other kinds of fabric with a clear grid, it is easy to make this border stitch look even and neat.
Aida Sampler
