Stitching the Hexablooms is an easy job which does not require much concentration. You can easily work up a hexagon flower while listening to audiobooks or music, or chattering to someone. Or you can just let your mind wander and think of other things. I was engaged in the latter last night and started pondering over the word STITCH.
As you know it can mean several things,
a stitch = a loop of thread resulting from a single pass of the needle in sewing
to stitch = to join something with stitches
to be in stitches = to laugh uncontrollably
a stitch in time saves nine = fix a small problem now to avoid trouble later
not have a stitch on = be in the nude
stitch and bitch = gather to stitch and chat/gossip with others
to have a stitch = to have a pain (usually at the side of the abdomen)
to require stitches = a wound or incision that requires suturing at a hospital
to stitch up a deal = to set up a deal to one's advantage
and so on...
Now we embroidery stitchers spend a lot of time on stitching, don't we? Have you ever wondered how many stitches you have taken in your life? I have.
So while I sat there and let my needle do all the work, my brain started counting, one, two, three...
I make 14 stitches when I baste the fabric over the cardboard hexagon.
I need 6 petals and 1 centre, so 7 hexagons in total.
14 x 7 = 98
I join each petal to the centre, which requires 17 stitches
After removing the cardboard in the middle, I start joining the petals to each other. This requires another 17 stitches for each seam.
Each petal thus needs 17+3 stitches, and there are 6 seams.
Piles and piles and piles, I have reached 190.
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