I'm lagging behind and can not hand in my finished homework today. Hopefully it will be completed by next Friday.
I have drawn the outlines, sandwiched and basted the layers, but not yet started the actual quilting/embroidery.
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
