Friday Revision Homework - Stitches: 256 - 260

What does Sunbonnet Sue need in the sweltering heat and blazing sunshine of Tokyo? A sunbonnet, of course! Here is a stylish straw hat.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 256 - 260

We have just learned another chunk of five stitches, which means it is time for a review and a Sunbonnet Sue sampler.

The stitches are:

256 Quill Stitch

 

Easy and fast, this is a good basic stitch to add detached stitches or beads to.

257 Belgian Cross Stitch

Although it is a canvas stitch, it also looks good in free-form embroidery.

258 Half Herringbone Stitch

Vary it in scale and you get a different look.

259 Raised Seeding Stitch

Arch Stitch could be an alternative name! It's easy but I highly recommend using a fixative for the back to keep the loops in place.

260 Laced Mountmellick Stitch

Here we have fun dressing up alternating Mountmellick Stitch with a lacing thread.

Homework:

Sunbonnet Sue needed something. Can you guess what it was?

Friday Homework for Lesson 260: Laced Mountmellick Stitch

This is an easy and enjoyable stitch!

Sorry for the poor photo quality.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

 

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 260: Laced Mountmellick Stitch

Today's lesson falls on World Embroidery Day! So why not join me and the rest of the embroidery community and stitch something?

I have the perfect stitch for you, especially if you remember stitch number 254? Alternating Mountmellick Stitch?  

In that blog post, I mentioned that Mary Corbet of Needle 'n Thread in her series of Stitch Fun had tweaked the Mountmellick Stitch into a laced version. 

Today we are lacing the Alternating Mountmellick Stitch that way.

Go to Needle 'n Thread for a really clear tutorial.

Or make do with my photo instructions:

Start by making a line of Alternating Mountmellick Stitch.

When you have completed the line, and anchored

the last stitch, start the lacing.

Come out from the top of the stitching.

Take the needle from right to left

under the first Chain Stitch's left side.

Then from left to right

under the second Chain Stitch's right side.

Make sure you don't bite any of the fabric.

Anchor at the bottom.

Isn't it neat?

Try other types of thread,

like metallic,

or tapestry wool,

or ribbon,

or woven flat cord...

Please NOTE the stitch direction.

Follow the instruction above and the

characteristic 'triangles' of the 

Mountmellick can be seen.

In the next version, where I have used the opposite

stitch direction, the 'triangles' are buried 

under the lacing thread. You can't really 

see that the base stitch is Mountmellick.

Homework:

These samplers scream for Lacing!