WIPW - Silver Netting

 Hi there, it is time for a little show and tell of Work In Progress Wednesday.

Mandala

I have started adding the 'wings' to the appliqué design. I used the same fabric as the little 'tail' but covered it with silver netting.

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

First I stitched two parallel lines of even Chain Stitch. Then I changed the thread to pink and started adding the rungs of the ladder, with a detached Reversed Chain Stitch in the middle.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 252: Annet's Pulled Triangle

Today let's learn from Annet, a multitalented multimedia artist. She is into crocheting, rubber stamping, ACT cards, collection boxes, picture collages using magazines and of course, stitching. I learned so much from following her take on the TAST stitches.

I have not found an official name for this stitch. Annet, if you know, or indeed if anyone else knows, leave a comment below, please.

Updated: Annet told me this stitch which she found in an old Dutch book is described as 'vlakvulling van driehoekjes', translated into English it becomes: tessellation of triangles.

Today is a stitch for Pulled Work, but I think it looks great as a surface stitch, too.

First visit the excellent instructions on  Annet's blogpost for this stitch, then have a look at my photo instructions.

When you come to the end of the first line,

place the next stitch right above the tip of the last V.

Turn the work upside down and stitch the 

new line in the same way as the first.

For Pulled Work, you of course have to pull the thread much harder!

Choose how wide and tall you want the triangles.

Homework.

Play around on the three usual samplers, and add a line on the linen sampler, too. Here you have a good chance to pull the thread!

Friday Homework for Lesson 251: Frilled Buttonhole Stitch

Do some of you remember TAST stitch #40 Buttonhole Wheel Cup?

Frilled Buttonhole could be mistaken for Buttonhole Wheel Cup, especially if you only make one row of Detached Buttonhole Stitch along the edge of the Buttonhole Wheel.

The biggest and best difference is that Frilled Buttonhole St is made in sections, petals if you like.

Four petals together in a circle would make a 'wheel'.

There is another big difference. When making the Buttonhole Wheel Cup, you work your way around a circle, left to right. 

At the end of the wheel, you can simply continue to add the Buttonhole stitches, in the same direction, left to right, (I used purple thread for clarity).

When you make the Frilled Buttonhole Stitch, however, you work backwards, right to left.

This makes the thread twist and the stitches will tend to misbehave, see below.

If you, on the other hand, anchor the stitch at the right end and start the Detached Buttonhole edge from the left, you get a much more even edge.

Compare!

Well, when you make flowers ANY design is OK, so you can make the Frilled Buttonhole Stitch with a  straight, tidy edge, or a twisted, wonky one.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

I am so glad I started this Sunday Stitch School as it is a challenge and I have learned so much.

WIPW - Appliqué Started

 This is my Work In Progress Wednesday report.

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

I have only had time to attach a new piece of waste canvas for the next set of counted stitches. 

The first stitch will be #100 Step Stitch. It is a time-consuming stitch and I wonder how far I will have reached by next week.

Mandala

For the first parts of the appliqué, I used a piece of fake 'suede' in teal. There are four of these pieces, all stitched on. Next will be the 'wings'. Hopefully, at least one will have landed on the Mandala by next week.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 251: Frilled Buttonhole Stitch

From the blog 'Let's Learn Embroidery' I picked up today's stitch: Frilled Buttonhole Stitch. Check it out here.

Or follow my simple photo instruction:

On the back, you can see how I have spaced

the stitches to get a gentle curve.

Turn the work upside down and 

stitch away from you. Don't bite 

the fabric.

Two Buttonhole stitches for each

loop.

Anchor.

This will make a nice petal. If you want to make a flower, make four or five petals in a circle.

Homework:

Add here

Revision Homework - Stitches 246 - 250

This set of five stitches was one of the easiest and most rewarding ones to make a Sunbonnet Sue sampler of. They were perfect for

• a rose, 
• a comb, 
• a fan, 
• a zipper 
• and a frothy lacy loopy hem. 

Everything a signorina dancing the flamenco would ever need. Well, she is missing her castanets.

The fan caused me some trouble and I did add a few supporting stitches to keep the fan spread open.

WIPW - Selecting Fabric

I completed the rectangle with canvas stitches, and started looking at fabric for the appliqué on the mandala.

Here is my Work In Progress Wednesday report.

Mandala

I will use some 'fancy' fabric for the appliqué. I need more time to select which of these swatches to use.

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

(The wool is NOT grey, but rather blue, like the picture below.)

The rectangle is made of :

Light blue frame #74 Boucle Stitch, green and yellow #155 Up and Down Sprit Stitch, purple #169 Kerman Stitch and orange and yellow #37 Hungarian Stitch.

This is how far I have come on filling the wool sampler with Sunday Stitch School stitches.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 246 - 250

As we have completed another set of five new stitches, it is time to revise them and make a Sunbonnet Sue sampler.

Click on the title to get the stitch instructions.

246 Merrow Stitch

This is the stitch that looks like it has been done on a Merrow lock machine.

247 Scallop Blanket Stitch

Here is a pretty version of the Buttonhole Stitch. It is especially nice when worked in a variegated thread.

248 Surrey Stitch

This Canvas stitch gives you loops galore. Leave the loops uncut or snip them open into a nice fringe.

249 Fly Stitch Rose

This is the first ribbon embroidery stitch included in Sunday Stitch School. Of course, it can be made with other threads, too.

250 Danish Knot Chain Stitch

A stitch whose name we can't be sure of, but it sure is funny and charming. 

Surely you can see the wobbly tower of acrobats standing on each others' shoulders, or even heads sometimes! They must be sure of themselves to manage this balancing act.

Homework:

How can we use these five stitches for Sue? 

Well, let's use red as the main colour, and play around with the stitches.