Today's stitch is called Fire Stitch. I found it in Mary Wilkinson's book Embroidery Stitches, page 81. The book was published in 1912 and can now be found at Internet Archive.
As the illustration on p. 81 shows, the stitch is made up of long vertical stitches that are connected at the top but not at the bottom. If you can hold a needle, you can do this stitch! Excellent for beginners, for wonky and freeform embroidery.
Here is my photo tutorial:
Homework:
Add to the three samplers.
Great name for that stitch! I assume that Sue will be doing something around a campfire.
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard of that one before!
ReplyDeleteFire Stitch, there's an exciting one, good choice of color to bring out the character.
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