WIPW - Even More Canvas Stitches

 It is Wednesday and time for another Work In Progress Wednesday report.

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

has a magical cornucopia and out of it oozes more canvas stitches:

#162 Cashmere Stitch (orange and purple), 

#137 Brick Stitch (yellow), 

#34 Japanese Stitch (blue, brown and green) 

and also #105 Burden Stitch (green, pink, purple).

There are more stitches that will pop out, hopefully by next Wednesday.

Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 31 - 35

Sorry to be one day late in presenting my homework. My excuse is that 'life got in the way' and just before midnight, I was simply too tired to do the blog post.

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Four of the five Sunday School Stitches used this time have Chinese or Japanese in their names.
That is why my Sunbonnet Sue is on a field trip to Asia, to Japan, to be exact.

Like so many tourists these days she has rented a kimono and is tottering along in her wooden 'geta' sandals, keeping the sun out with her waxed paper umbrella, or is it raining,  and swinging a bamboo basket bag.



First I made the sketch and planned where to use the various stitches.

Then I used a rubber molding mat and a blue fabric crayon to make a subtle pattern on the kimono.
The waxy crayon was easily set with a hot iron, and did not smear anything while I stitched the details.

This is how I used the stitches:

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 31 - 35

Today we are having another revision lesson to sum up the last five stitches.

Click on the headline to see instructions and homework.

31 Braid Stitch

 After many trials and failures I really wanted to master this stitch. Not having got my head round the printed instructions in books, I turned to Mary Corbet's Stitch Video and, hey presto, I got the hang of the stitch in seconds! The power of the moving image, eh!

A hoop/frame and good tension of fabric and thread is essential, and stitching toward me, instead of right to left, made all the difference.

It's a lovely stitch and the birthday card I used it for was much admired by the recipient and the guests at the party.



32 Chinese Cross Stitch

This H-shaped stitch is fast and fun to work and gives a nice pattern both when worked individually or in a staggered row. Here is looks very modern, don't you think?



33 Chinese Knot Stitch 
Also known as The Forbidden Stitch it IS forbiddingly small when worked with a thin thread. It is, however, not forbiddingly difficult, as it is, in principle, just half a French Knot.




34 Japanese Stitch
Although it features in Nihon Shishu (Japanese silk embroidery) I think it looks best as a canvas stitch.



35 Outline Stitch
The key to success with this stitch is checking the twist of the thread.
Z-twists work well with Outline Stitch.
Use Stem Stitch for S-twisted thread.


Homework:
Sunbonnet Sue is on a Geography field trip to Asia!
Use these items:

Friday Homework for Lesson 34: Japanese Stitch

Late again, but I have worked hard!

Here is my homework for stitch #34 Japanese Stitch.

First as a canvas stitch

Which was easy to stitch and makes a nice filling.

The Japanese embroidery with flat silk floss on kimono silk was harder to work.

The stitch could just as well be ordinary Satin Stitch, I guess.

After having done the Japanese Stitch I added Stem Stitch - for the stems.

Then I added some Chinese Knot Stitches in purple and blue,
threw in a few silver lines made of Japanese Stitch,
and a sprinkle of Chinese Cross Stitches in gold.

This will eventually become a greeting card.

Nihon Shishu, Japanese embroidery, is more difficult than I thought. I will have to try again!

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 34: Japanese Stitch

Welcome back to another geography lesson at Sunday Stitch School. We are still in the Asia region and will focus on Japan with this Japanese Stitch found in Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches.
There, it is grouped in the section of Solid Filling Stitches, but I think it would be a good canvas stitch, too. Basically it is a slanted Satin Stitch.

Of course it also features in the Japanese publication, Nihon Shishu wo Tanoshimu, as well as on various Japanese websites, for a bit of light reading, check this out.

The Japanese name for this stitch is Wari Nui 割繡い.
No Swedish name has been found.

Work it like this:

Here,
 and on my Aida sampler

 you can see that it is not suitable for Aida cloth which has a wide grid.

It looks much better on Canvas

and on a tightly woven fabric,

here in Japanese embroidery style, but using perle on cotton.

Homework:
1) a challenge of 'real' Japanese embroidery with proper flat silk and kimono silk fabric.


2) Fill a square on this piece of fake canvas.