Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 331 - 335

I'm sorry I'm posting this a day late. I have now recovered from the involuntary 'glue sniffing'caused by yesterday's maintenance work in my home.

Here is the Sunbonnet Sue revision homework for stitches 331 - 335.

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The Hungarian Braid Chain can be so snakelike, I decided to use this stitch for a snake tattoo on Sue's back.

Her coiffure is also made up of this stitch. 

The mirror frame has Damask Darning carvings.

Sue's towel has a Pachis Work pattern and an Astrakhan Velvet frilled border.

Sue's knickers are broderie anglaise cotton, and her earrings dangling stars. Both knickers and earrings are worked in Irregular Algerian Eyelet Stitch.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 331 - 335

Let's have have a second look at the five most recent stitches, then use them to make a Sunbonnet Sue sampler.

Click on the title to see the stitch instructions.

331 Astrakhan Velvet Stitch

To make loops of even lengths for this stitch, use a pin.

332 Irregular Algerian Eyelet Star Stitch

With this stitch, you can make a sun, a star, a snowflake, an explosion...

333 Damask Darning Stitch

This is a beautiful Canvas stitch made up of two simple straight stitches, one vertical, the other horisontal. Yet it is hard to get it neat unless you use a grid for guidance.

334 Pachis Work Filling Stitch

Here is one of the great Indian stitches; again, only very simple parts are needed. Like the previous stitch, a grid is the key to success.

335 Hungarian Braided Chain Stitch

Some stitches come alive. This rich braided stitch can wiggle its way  across your foundation fabric,

Homework:

Queenie: Sunbonnet Sue, how on earth can I make a sampler out of these five stitches?

Sue: Trust me, you can. Just wait and see!

Friday Homework for Lesson 331: Astrakhan Velvet Stitch

 This stitch is much easier than it first appears.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

I used tapestry wool and got a nice pile. The loops on the right have been cut, the ones on the left are intact.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 331: Astrakhan Velvet Stitch

 Let's start the set of five new stitches with a loopy one - Astrakhan Velvet Stitch, or just Velvet Stitch for short.

It belongs to the Loopy Family together with #93 Rya Stitch and #248 Surrey Stitch.

I recommend two internet sites for instructions: Royal School of Needlework or Deanna Hall West's article in Piecework Magazine, where she shows no fewer than seven different ways to do the stitch!

Or you could follow my photo instructions, which I based on The Embroidery Stitch Bible.

Place a pin below the actual stitch line to wrap the loops around.

Go under the pin while not going through the fabric.

Pull the thread to the left.

The first stitch is complete.

New stitches are placed above the previous stitches.

You need another pin to wrap the new loops around.

These stitches are spaced so there is a lot of fabric between each row.

Here they are right above the previous row filling the fabric.

Keep the loops like this, or cut them open to make a tufted look.

Homework:

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