Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 36 - 40

This Friday I am handing in a revision homework for the last five Sunday Stitch School's stitches.

Sunbonnet Sue was once a little girl who went to the woods picking mushrooms to cook soup for her grandmother who was ill in bed.

Sue remembered the bedtime fairy tales her mother had read her and knew better than to put on her red riding hood.
Instead she put on a blue bonnet, and the Big Bad Woolf was cheated out of his 'dinner'.
Clever Sue!

WIPW - Mola Progress

It is Wednesday and time to report progress on Work in Progress Wednesday.

Mola
I have needle turned all the 'Florida Blue' batik and the leaf patterned batik, also from Floria, is visible.
There's a bit of purplish batik ('pasta' remnants from Trinity Green!) at the ground and a triangle of yellow sticking out.

Mola - Snippets of Interest
The Cuna Indians of San Blas Islands believe in a life after death. Cuna women who make beautiful Molas are ensured a place in a special house in heaven.
(Source: Eva Köhlmark - Broderiboken)

Traditional Mola motifs often feature mirrored images, this tradition originates in the belief that everything comes in pairs, is the same and yet different, e.g. left and right, man and woman...
(Source: Elizabeth Healey - Stitch, Fabric & Thread (which is an excellent book))

Greeting Card
I used the outline of the oak leaf and acorn that was my homework for the Du Vos Stitch


and filled it with straight stitches and French Knots.

It was then mounted on a piece of cardboard and inserted into a window card, and is now winging its way to a friend's birthday celebration.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 36 - 40

Welcome to Sunday Stitch School. The rain is pelting down here, so it is the perfect opportunity to stay indoors and study stitches!

Once again it is time for another revision lesson to sum up the last five stitches.

Click on the headline to see instructions and homework.

36 Rumanian Stitch

I have found another name for this stitch: New England Laid Stitch.

It is great for filling, makes a nice 'Satin Stitch' look and does not need a Split Stitch outline.

37 Hungarian Stitch
This stitch makes such a lovely pattern on canvas.

38 Bosnian Stitch

Easy and quick.

39 Granitos

Oh, how easy it is to make swelling flower buds, seeds and pebbles!

40 Du Vos Stitch

This is an unusual stitch, great for outlines and other linear work.

Revision Homework:

Stitch this Sunbonnet Sue sampler, 'cheat' with crayons and molding mat.

Friday Homework for Lesson 40: Du Vos Stitch

Here is my homework for the Du Vos Stitch, the #40 of Sunday Stitch School's collection.

As it is an 'outline' stitch, I used it to 'draw' the edges of an oak leaf and three acorns.

The fabric is kimono silk, and the thread two strands of DMC floss.

This is a UFO, and I will fill in the leaf and acorns, turn it all into a greeting card. The picture will be posted on Wednesday for the WIPW.

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Now, with these pictures I want to clarify the difference between the Du Vos Stitch, Stem Stitch and Outline Stitch.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 40 - Du Vos Stitch

Another Sunday and another stitch is upon us at Sunday Stitch School.

Do you remember I pleaded for help and asked for information about the '?-Stitch'?
Thank you so much for the feedback.

It is a good linear stitch and will be needed for the next Sunbonnet Sue (next week's lesson).

As no one has given me a name I will nick-name this stitch Du Vos Stitch in honour of the teacher who taught my friend. I think that name is better than Staggered Back Stitch, which is the only other name I could think of.

Work it like this:

On my Aida sampler:

Homework:
You are free to do whatever you like with this stitch, but please NO more poetry!