When I first saw a stitch with the name Fairy Lights, I knew that Sunbonnet Sue would want to become a fairy, for a day at least.
So here she is lighting the magic light bulbs and stretching garlands across the garden.
It is time to work the last five stitches again and add them up on a Sunbonnet Sue sampler.
Click on the title to see the instructions.
This way of making the Chain Stitch might take a bit more time compared to the traditional 'in-the-hand' stitching and of course, the fabric needs to be stretched in a frame or hoop, but the stitches become even and neat.
Building on the previous stitch, just add laced loops on both sides of the chain and you get this beautiful braid-like stitch.
This is a magical stitch perfect for a scene of garlands of lights at a garden party. With metallic thread, you get a good glow.
Want some lace on the edge of a handkerchief? You don't have a crochet hook or a bobbin pillow with pins and bobbins? Fear not, you can embroider the lace!
290 Threaded Herringbone Stitch
I have found that there are two ways that the basic Herringbone Stitch can be embellished and called Threaded Herringbone Stitch. Here is the more unusual way.
The other, which is more often seen, has also got another name and I will eventually add it to the Sunday Stitch School collection, then under its alternative name. That's for another lesson, though.
Homework:
Think up a good way to let Sunbonnet Sue get entangled with all these five stitches.
So easy, so even, so nice!
Aida Sampler
Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart
Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth
I realised a basic stitch was missing in Sunday Stitch School's collection - Reverse Chain Stitch. So let's learn it today.
Follow my pictorial instructions, or check out Royal School Of Needlework's Stitch Bank.
Start with a small Straight Stitch. This will be your 'anchoring stitch'.
