WIPW - After a Week's Inactivity

 I had no progress to report last Wednesday for the usual WIPW report. After a week's inactivity I today  have four stitches on the: 

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

#93 Rya Stitch (the untidy one in purple), #165 Lazy Daisy Popcorn Stitch (light pink and wine red ), #185 Ototomi (light pink ovals), #277 Open Back Stitch (purple, wine red, mint green).

Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 181 - 185

Oh, sometimes Sue is such a 'Barbie doll', elegant, feminine, in high heels, colour coordinated and accessorised. Look at that handbag, more stylish than any brand I've ever seen. 

Here Sue is returning from a shopping spree. I wonder what she bought, what's in the shopping bag? Maybe she is a quilter and she's got a stock of new fat quarters!

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 181 - 185

Are you ready to look at the last five stitches one more time?

Click on the title for each stitch to link to the instructions.

181 Woven Stitch

This canvas stitch is easy and fast, and it really does give the impression that the threads have been woven.

182 Snail Trail Stitch

If you have done the Coral Stitch, you can easily do the Snail Trail. Just take a bigger bite of fabric, and at an angle.

183 Walneto Stitch

This is an impressive stitch. It looks complicated, and the grid in the instructions may make you shun away. Don't. Once you have marked out the shape and got started, it is easy and fun, trust me!

184 Herringbone Ladder Stitch

You need two threads for this stitch. It also gives you the chance of using one of the difficult threads for the lacing part. First make the staggered Back Stitch foundation, then start lacing.

185 Otomi Stitch

This Mexican version of our good old friend Herringbone Stitch is not hard, you just needs some time and patience to cover the foundation fabric. It is an economical stitch that uses only minimum thread on the back.

Homework:

Use these stitches for a Sunbonnet Sue portrait - yes, make a portrait this time, not another hat!

Friday Homework for Lesson 185: Otomi Stitch

This is not really a new stitch, Herringbone Stitch is Herringbone Stitch. It is just the extremely narrow spacing that is new and unusual. It took time to fill the shapes, but not as long as I first feared.

With double thread there was better coverage.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Teal Wool Tailoring Scribble Cloth

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 185: Otomi Stitch

Let's go to central Mexico and learn some Tenago embroidery. Otomi Stitch is in fact a very narrow Herringbone Stitch that is used to fill in blocks of colour, almost like using crayons in a children's colouring book.

The original Otomi embroidery is very colourful with motifs of flowers and animals, as well as folklore, but why not use this elegant filling stitch for other styles, too.

I found today's embroidery at etmdesigns.eu. For further reading check out this article.

They have a video here.

My photos are easy to follow, I hope.

First I tried with one strand of DCM embroidery floss.

I stitched a very narrow Herringbone Stitch.

You can see how economical this stitch it - almost nothing on the back.

Hm, with only one strand it seems difficult to cover all the background,

much better result with two strands!

Homework:

Fill something in on the samplers. I don't suppose the 

stitch will look good on the Aida sampler, but give it a try!