It's Wednesday, so time for a Work In Progress Wednesday report.
Hexablooms
I made another ten, and now have 350 blocks.
Cross Stitch Bookmark
A few new stitches have been added. I am sure you still can not detect what motif I am stitching!
Birthday Card
I am making another birthday card but can not show any details yet.
Time flies, and here is a revision lesson for the last five stitches.
Click on the title to get a link to the instructions.
It's such a good idea to make one unit of a linear stitch into a detached one, don't you think?
I wonder if any stitch is more important than the Straight Stitch! What would we do without it?
Every Rhodes stitch is impressive and easy to make. The Circle version gives you a nice plumb round shape and is far easier than a circular Satin Stitch, in my opinion.
It is just as neat and tidy as its sister, the Split Stitch. I must point out that this back-stitched version will gobble up much more of your thread and leave you with a tangled mess on the reverse.
On the other hand, it is easier to split the stitch from the front than to fumble in the dark of the reverse side of your hoop.
There are many stitches where you lace or interlace a foundation stitch, often a Running Stitch or a Back Stitch and create nice patterns. I think this is especially charming.
Homework:
How can Sunbonnet Sue help us to illustrate these five stitches?
See what lovely lines you can make with two stands of thread!
Aida Sampler
This Work In Progress Wednesday report will show my progress in two ongoing projects and one new start.
Hexablooms
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
I continue to add sequins to fill in the voids here and there.
New! Another Bookmark in Cross Stitch
I started the third out of the five bookmarks I am making. This will not be needed until autumn, so it might go back and forth to the shelf!
It is based on two parallel but staggered lines of Running Stitch.
Look at Sarah's instructions here.
Or check out my photo tutorial:
You can do the Running Stitch line either with
the traditional Running Stitch one way,
then make the staggered line above (or below) in
the other direction.
Then start the lacing. The red thread goes underneath
the blue threads without piercing the fabric.
It is obviously easier to split a thread from the top than to fumble under the fabric to try to come out right in the middle of a stitch. So I would say that the Split Back Stitch is easier than the Split Stitch, but the result, especially on the back, is much neater with the Split Stitch.
Aida Sampler
Sunday Stich School Reference Chart
Here is this week's Work In Progress Wednesday progress report.
Hexablooms
Ten more were made. The total is 330.
Birthday Gift
I wonder why almost all my friends and family members have their birthdays in spring!
Here is a simple bookmark I made for a little girl who loves cats. I added a small piece of polka dot ric-rac at the bottom. Does it look like a little bit of a cat's paw is sticking out?
Do you remember the Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler?
I put this project on the back burner last year. I decided to add no more new stitches as there are already the first 300 stitches.
To fill in the void, I added some extra stitches near those already sewn, for example, two more circles, one surrounded with #55 Tailor's Buttonhole Stitch and the other #135 Net Stitch across the circle.
Then, I shelved the project and wondered what to do as there were still blank areas here and there. By chance, I tripped upon a tube of blue sequins. Aha, I will sprinkle these over the surface to fill in bare areas.
We are now working on Sunday Stich School's 319th stitch and I haven't added a single one of the last 19 stitches on a sampler yet. A new sampler must be started!
We recently learned #314 Split Stitch. Today, we will also split the stitches, but using the Back Stitch.
I found clear instructions for the Split Back Stitch at Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials.
Here is my photo tutorial:
by going into the middle of the previous stitch.
Notice that you insert the needle from the top. This is
unlike the Split Stitch where you split the stitch
from the back of the fabric.
fabric to split the previous stitch.
There is little difference on the front,
the difference. Please also notice how much more
thread is needed for the Split Back Stitch
Add to the three samplers
All the Rhodes stitches are easy and fun to make, once you have marked your fabric or made a graph.
Aida Sampler
Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart
Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth
