Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 226: Badass Star Stitch

 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. 

Here is my hand-drawn diagram based on Shannon's graph:

(However, I must admit that I am questioning if numbers 51 and 52 are needed - in Shannon's photo it looks like she has not stitched those last two numbers that are in her diagram...)

If you are familiar with the Rhodes Stitch or Walneto Stitch you know how to work your way around the shape - just follow the diagram.

Isn't it beautiful?

After having tried it out, I found that this stitch is a real 'thread eater'. You have as much thread on the back as on the front, which I think is a bit wasteful. 

There is a way to solve this - change the stitch order to this: 

and see how little thread is needed on the back:

The front, though, is just as beautiful.

Please don't be intimidated by this stitch, it really isn't difficult at all. Just make sure you stitch on something with a clear grid, like Aida (or use waste canvas) and have 18 holes between #1 and #2. The rest will work out by itself if you follow the numbers on the graph.

Homework:

Let the stars shine on these three samplers.