I made a number of Star of David stitches.
Aida Sampler
The holes in the Aida made it very easy to make perfect stars.
Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart
Here are the first stitches on the new Reference Chart. They were easy to mark with the new template I made.
Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth
It is almost impossible to mark this beautiful but tricky piece of mottled wool. A charcoal pen doesn't work, a pencil is out of the question... I ended up placing pins, and later making small stitches, in the tips of the stars. The largest star was a bit too large and the thread seems slack. Well, it was a good lesson!
Aida certainly makes some stitches a lot easier. Would a chalk pencil work on the scribble cloth?
ReplyDeleteVery nice even stitches! Well done!
ReplyDeleteA heavier thread might have worked for that larger Star, always assuming that it can be stitched into the cloth. It's experiences like this that remind me that I really, really should trial stitches before using them, but somehow, it doesn't often happen!
ReplyDeleteUsing pins was a clever solution!
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