Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 341: Bamboo Stitch

Bamboo Stitch is the name of a needlepoint stitch I found at Unwind Studio, where there is both a graph and a video for you to watch.

Or follow my photo tutorial:

Use 7 holes to make two long vertical stitches.

3 holes for two short vertical stitches.

Repeat to the end of the line and then work

your way back, making one horizontal stitch

over each set of two shorter stitches, above and below.

Make horizontal stitches for the longer stitches, too.

Fill the rest of the canvas/Aida in the same way.

Homework:

Fill here.

Friday Revision Homework - Stitches: 336 - 340

Thank you for waiting patiently and giving me an extra week to complete the Revision Homework.

Sunbonnet Sue has always liked skating. I made this one in February 2018. Sue was just a little girl.

As a young teenager, she kept on skating. This time on a frozen lake, although the ice wasn't very thick... Do you think she went in or escaped a dip in the ice-cold water?

Here is a close-up of the Shadow Stitch. Can you see the pattern through the sheer fabric?

WIPW - Finally Some Lemon

This is the Work In Progress Wednesday report for this week.

Finally, some lemon hit the

Mandala!

I decided to make it simple. Beads for the tufts of Pine needles, and Mountmellick Stitch worked in the lemon yellow rayon thread around the 'wings'.

Compare the photos to see the look with and without the yellow. What do you think, is the yellow addition an improvement or not?

Baby Quilt Label

I have now finished the embroidery and added a border. It is not as crooked as it looks. The label will need a good press and then be stitched onto the back of the quilt. Naturally, the basting thread must be pulled out, too!

Hexablooms

Do you recall that the right side required an additional column of blocks to completely cover the glass wall that this tapestry is intended to conceal? 

Well, five out of six blocks are now on.

As for the lower left area of the tapestry, I had 20 blocks assembled last week. Now there are 27. They need to be fixed to the blocks above.

Furthermore, I basted 17 white pieces while sitting in a waiting room.

Despite having a busy week, I have made rather good progress.

I have even started on the Sunday Stitch School's Revision Homework, so with a bit of luck, Sunbonnet Sue will show up on Friday. Or rather, she will go in - if she is unlucky! Now, there's a clue for you!

WIPW - Shopping

Work In Progress Wednesday. It's a busy week, but I managed more than I had expected. However, 

Mandala

is slumbering. I have not done any work here.

Sunday Stitch School Indigo Stitch Sampler

#338 Persian Border Stitch (light green with pink ribbon), #339 All-Over Stitch (silvery grey) and #340 Laced Buttonhole Stitch (electric green and ochre wool).

Hexablooms

20 blocks were joined into a long row, but they are not yet attached to the main flimsy.

The Baby Quilt

The pink baby quilt I completed in August was given to the baby. Here it is displayed next to the two quilts I made for the baby's mother and aunt when they were small.

The quilt was much appreciated, and I was asked if I could make a label for it, like I had done for the other two quilts.

So I set about 'writing' in #319 Split Back Stitch.

Shopping

One reason why I will not be able to complete the Sunbonnet Sue homework is that I have no white fabric left. So I had to go shopping. I also bought a section of toile to prepare another Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart, as the one I am using at the moment only has five empty spaces left.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision Stitches: 336 - 340

I have been, and will continue to be, busy. 

In my haste, I made two mistakes in some previous blog posts. The new stitches were called 329 and 330, but they are actually 339 and 340. The blog post titles have now been corrected.

The coming week will see me occupied with a lot of things other than stitching. The Sunbonnet Sue homework will have to wait for at least another week.

However, let's review the five most recent stitches. If you click on the title, you will be sent to the instructions page.

336 Shadow Stitch

A Closed Herringbone Stitch sewn on the reverse will give you two parallel lines of Back Stitch on the front. If you use, as you should, sheer fabric, you can see a shadowy pattern of swirls between the Backstitched lines.

337 Barred Witch Stitch

338 Persian Border Stitch

339 All-Over Stitch

340 Laced Buttonhole Stitch

Homework:

Make a Sunbonnet Sue motif with the five stitches. Try to have it done in two weeks.

Friday Homework for Lesson 340: Laced Buttonhole Stitch

 Oh, what fun one can have with a needle and a few strands of thread!

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

WIPW - Beads or Stitching?

 It is time for the weekly Work In Progress Wednesday report.

Hexablooms

Thirteen blocks were added, mainly in the middle and on the lower left side of the quilt. 

Please compare:

Last week

This week

I also started making a pile of white hexagon blocks from that old bed sheet of my grandmother's.

Sunday Stitch School Indigo Stitch Sampler

I'm catching up! Five stitches were added:

#332 Irregular Algerian Eyelet Star (yellow), #333 Damask Darning (mustard), #334 Pachis Work Filling Stitch (olive green), #335 Hungarian Braid Chain Stitch (greyish beige) and #336 Shadow Stitch (on the sheer fabric).

Mandala

Do you remember my dilemma with the Mandala's floral garland braid? It has yellow in it, a colour not found anywhere else in the Mandala.

I need to balance this with either beads or stitching elsewhere in the Mandala. The yellow in the garland braid is a rather sharp, lemon-yellow. I have no beads in such a yellow, but two kinds of thread, a rich, alas slightly warm, yellow Perle #5 and a thin rayon in sharp, icy yellow.

The second dilemma is the placement. I had a look at the Mandala to spot dark areas. The sections marked in yellow could do with some pizzazz.

Maybe I should use both beads and embroidery. Now, what stitch would look good?

Darning

I have a pair of summer socks that I like. One had a hole in it, and instead of tossing both away, I took to the old tradition of darning.

I feel happy to have saved my socks to be used again next summer.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 340: Laced Buttonhole Stitch

Back to playing with the basics! Lacing is such an easy way to enhance a fundamental stitch.

Start with a row of Buttonhole Stitch.

Simply lace/whip the bottom edge without biting any of the fabric.

Anchor at the end of the line.

Voila!

Try out different types of thread, like metallic,

or wool,

or ribbon...

Homework: Add to these samplers.