Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 276 - 280

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.

Did Sue see a shooting star, I wonder...

Sunday Stitch School - Revision Stitches 276 - 280

 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.

277 Open Back 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. 

279 Spinal Double Stitch 

Tricky and complex and if you just work the stitch halfway through, you get another attractive stitch. Why not try it out?

280 Flower Loop Stitch

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.

Friday Homework for Lesson 280: Flower Loop Stitch

Sometimes I regret picking a certain stitch for Sunday Stitch School. This was such a stitch. It did NOT want to behave, it twisted and twiddled and I had to wrestle with it. I don't like to have to wrestle with my stitches!

After having redone several of them, I finally got some arches that I managed to tame.

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart 

Aida Sampler

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

On Sunday I ought to make a post to review the most recent five stitches. Unfortunately, I have a major project (not related to stitching) coming up and will have to give my needle and thread a holiday. Sorry.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 280: Flower Loop Stitch

Today's stitch is basically a group of Buttonhole Bar stitches,  each stitch made into an arch.  I found it at Let's Learn Embroidery. Click on the link to see it done in metallic gold thread.

Here are my photos:

Use a pencil or similar to make an arch.

Secure with a knot on the back.

Come out near the foot of the arch.

Add Detached Buttonhole Stitches over the arch thread.

Anchor at the other foot.

Tip! To keep the arch steady, stretch it out with a 

pin and you can easily add the Buttonhole Stitches.

Work several arches to make a flower of sorts.

Homework:

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