Today Sunbonnet Sue learned a painful lesson. NEVER eat an ice cream cone while trying to chase butterflies!
Whose feet are these?
This means it is time to review stitches 251 to 255 and then make a Sunbonnet Sue sampler.
Perfect for beautiful flower petals.
252 Annet's Pulled Triangle Stitch
Although this is a pulled stitch, it looks good as a triangular filling stitch, too.
We have learned several beautiful Indian stitches before. Here is another one, one that can be the building block in many geometric patterns.
254 Alternating Mountmellick Stitch
This is a mirrored version of the lovely Mountmellick Stitch.
Another stitch that gives a nice mirror image is the traditional Chevron Stitch.
Homework:
Work on Sue!
Oh, this is so beautiful. Unlike so many other alternating stitches where you have to stitch 'left-handedly', which for a right-handed person like me, is tricky, this is easy to stitch both sides of the middle line.
Aida Sampler
Do you follow Mary Corbet's Needle 'n Thread? If you do, you will probably be familiar with her Stitch Play. This is a section where she makes changes to standard stitches, in a playful way, hence the name Stitch Play.
Among the stitches she has fiddled with is the charming Mountmellick Stitch, a favourite of mine. I am happy to learn an alternative version.
In Mary Corbet's article, you will see a laced version of Alternating Mountmellick Stitch. As I have not introduced this Alternating version yet, I'll start with that today and include the laced variety another time.
Check out Mary's clear instructions or follow my photo tutorial.
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