Friday Revision Homework: Stitches 126 - 130

It was Linda at Linsartyblobs who suggested I used Sydd Tofs to depict Sunbonnet Sue as a cheerleader with pompoms. What a great idea! Thank you Linda.

Now what team is Sunbonnet Sue leading us to cheer for?
It is of course the universal team of people fighting the Corona Virus and its devastating impact on our lives and livelihood.

Let's root for

• the heroic medical workers risking their own lives,
• scientists and researchers trying to find a vaccin and a cure,
• teachers, students or workers struggling to keep up with scheduled activities from home,
• the masses of people who have suddenly become unemployed, and maybe evicted, too
• those who have lost businesses,
• world leaders trying to solve new and unpredictable problems,
• lonely people struggling with isolation and depression,
• medical workers and patients who are facing discrimination
• families trying to keep peace in cramped homes,
• victims of domestic violence,
• all the people whose plans for surgery, weddings, holidays, exams... have been postponed
• those masses who have lost loved ones...
• and of course, all those patients who are fighting for their lives right now.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 126 - 130

How quickly this five-week period of new stitches has passed. Let's repeat the stitches and then make a Sunbonnet Sue sampler.

Click on the title to go to instructions and homework.

126 Sydd Tofs
A beautiful fluffy stitch. It will add a new dimension to any embroidery.

 127 Amadeus Stitch
This, too, is so flexible in its 'put together into any constellation',  it will add a fresh look to traditional embroidery designs.


128 Four Legged Stitch
So basic, so useful, so easy, - and so tricky to unstitch, so be careful!


129 Olga's Petal Stitch
Wow! This was a totally new way of stitching. Can we call it surface drawn work?
Many shapes can be made, not only petals.


130 Antwerp Edging Stitch
Easy and quick, you can get two different looks depending on if you keep a tight tension or give the thread some slack.
It can be used not only on the folded edge, but as a surface linear stitch, too.

Homework:
How can I best use these stitches for Sunbonnet Sue? Well, I got a nice idea from one of my blog readers!

Friday Homework for Lesson 130: Antwerp Edging Stitch

Quick work!

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Teal Wool Tailoring Scribble Cloth

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 130: Antwerp Edging Stitch

Do you fancy a linear stitch today? Here is an edging stitch, neat on a folded edge, but it can also be used on a flat piece of fabric. It is called Antwerp Edging Stitch and was found in A-Z of Embroidery Stitches 2.

Fold a piece of fabric and take
the thread out in the middle of the fold.

Take a stitch to the right in the fold,

away from you.

Loop the thread as you see in the 

picture.

Take a stitch inside the loop, towards you.

Pull through to make a knot.

Make a new stitch in the same way.

Actually you don't need to shape a loop with your finger, 

just insert the needle from left to right.

Pull the thread tight for a 'close to the surface' look,
or give the thread some slack to create a garland of loops.

 Instead of stitching over a folded edge,
you can of course take small bites of flat fabric
for a surface stitch.
The technique is the same.

Homework: