Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 251 - 255

Today Sunbonnet Sue learned a painful lesson.  NEVER eat an ice cream cone while trying to chase butterflies!

Other stitches used are Stem Stitch and Outline Stitch. It is not clear, but I tried to use Annet's Pulled Triangle Stitch for the ice cream cone.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 251 - 255

 Whose feet are these?

Yes, you guessed it! They are of course Sunbonnet Sue's feet. 

This means it is time to review stitches 251 to 255 and then make a Sunbonnet Sue sampler.

251 Frilled Buttonhole Stitch

Perfect for beautiful flower petals.

252 Annet's Pulled Triangle Stitch

Although this is a pulled stitch, it looks good as a triangular filling stitch, too.

253 Pachis Work

We have learned several beautiful Indian stitches before. Here is another one, one that can be the building block in many geometric patterns.

254 Alternating Mountmellick Stitch

This is a mirrored version of the lovely Mountmellick Stitch.

255 Mirrored Chevron Stitch

Another stitch that gives a nice mirror image is the traditional Chevron Stitch.

Homework:

Work on Sue!

Friday Homework for Lesson 255: Mirrored Chevron Stitch

 This is a great stitch for filling.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 255: Mirrored Chevron Stitch

If you are ever looking for an alternative to a basic stitch, go to Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials. Today we are going to learn the Mirrored Chevron Stitch. As the name implies it is made up of two rows of Chevron Stitch, facing each other.

Like this:

Use three holes for the horisontal stitch.

Come out in the middle hole.

Check that you have a 'T'.

Keep the working thread DOWN.

Here keep the working thread UP.

Work your way back, right to left.

Between the two rows of red, there is a small gap.

Between the two rows of light blue, there is no gap

I used the same holes twice.

Homework:

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