Let's add more work on last week's stitch. Reversed Chain Stitch with Buttonhole Edging may be a bit of a mouthful to say, but it is not hard to work!
I found it at Baroque Embellishments, a blog run by Kimberly Servello. Rachel at VirtuoSew Adventures has also used this stitch. Both ladies were working on Gold Work projects. Here, I will try my hand at the stitch with ordinary Perle No 8.
Start by making a line of Reverse Chain Stitch.
Take a second thread, of the same or a different colour. Come out at the beginning of the chain. Take the thread up through the second link, and down at the first link, without going through the fabric. Look carefully at the picture to check that you have placed the needle correctly.
Move to the third link and repeat.
Anchor at the end of the line and
turn the work around and repeat the edging stitches.
Homework: Add here.
5 comments:
Very nice! It looks lacey. I will check out the two links.
I added that stitch to my sampler and was thinking it would be good to add something to it!
the Buttonhole Edging is a beautiful addition and looks impressive worked in gold, thanks for the link.
I've also done it in perle or stranded cotton - it does the main titles on the Map of Amarna and the View of the Excavation. It produces something interesting and textures, but not too over the top.
There are lots of ways to use this stitch.
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