My Work In Progress Wednesday report: I have used variegated thread for two out of three stitches that were added to the
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
They are #276 Alternating Wheatear Stitch and #285 Triple German Knot Stitch. For #284 A-Stitch, I used a monochrome green Perle.
Sorry for handing in my homework a week late. Here is Sunbonnet Sue showing off five stitches while she is daydreaming (night dreaming?) at the open window, gazing at the full moon and starry sky.
After a bit of a break, it is time to review the last five stitches. Click the names of the stitches to get to the instructions.
276 Alternating Wheatear Stitch
This is an attractive version of the standard Wheatear Stitch.
Here is another of the basic embroidery stitches that has been slightly altered.
278 Reversed Palestrina Stitch
If you are left-handed, then this stitch must be easier than the traditional Palestrina Stitch.
Tricky and complex and if you just work the stitch halfway through, you get another attractive stitch. Why not try it out?
I would say that this stitch is a set of Buttonhole Bars made into arches and shaped into flower petals...
Homework:
Sunbonnet Sue is daydreaming somewhere...
I bet this hint, the back of the work, won't give you any obvious answer.
Easy peasy!
Aida Sampler
Nice in variegated thread.
Make it like this:
Instead of only two awns (the bristly hair of a wheatear),
make three on one side and one on the other side.
Start with the first,
