Several embroidery stitches make up today's combination stitch - Guilloche Stitch.
Guilloche is an architectural term for a decorative border with interwoven wavy lines. The embroidery stitch consists of Stem Stitch, Threaded Satin Stitch and French Knots.
It is featured in several embroidery dictionaries, e.g. Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches and Reader's Digest Complete Book of Embroidery. Also, there is a beautiful tutorial at Needle 'n Thread.
Stitch it like this:
Make a line of Stem Stitches.
Then make a parallel line.
Between the lines, make three columns
of evenly spaced Satin Stitches
Thread a contrasting thread, up
and down, the columns of
Satin Stitch.
the beginning of the line.
Finally, stitch a French Knot
Completed.
Anchor the thread underneath the
last set of Satin Stitches.
in the middle of each circle.
By using a Milliner's needle
with a small eye, the thread will
pass through the knot smoothly.
Homework:
4 comments:
I like Guilloche Stitch, but it's so big, I've never managed to find somewhere to put it!
It's a pretty stitch. It reminds me of the embroidered borders on traditional costumes.
Your whipped fly stitch looks so much better than mine. I have tried it twice and had to pick it out. I must be doing something wrong.
Fun stitch!
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