Revision Homework - Stitches 236 - 240

It took me some time to complete this Sunbonnet Sue sampler. Sue herself is very small but still needed to be made up of some of the five stitches. In fact, I managed to add Plaited Fly Stitch for her bonnet, Dutch Cross Stitch for her dress and made a flower with Rolled Woven Picot. The actual flower is rolled but the leaf is left unrolled - so basically it is an Open Base Woven Picot, but it IS longer than that stitch usually is. It was really hard to see the warp and weft.

The chocolate pralines are rather textured, especially the Looped Blanket Stitch and the Rolled Woven Picots. I needed to add a bit of crayon marking and Stem Stitch for the Dutch Cross chocolates or they would not look round.

The text on the card and the outlines of Sue are made with Stem Stitch

The good thing about these chocolates is that they are low in calories and high in fibre.

Happy Valentine!

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 236 - 240

It is time to have another look at the last five stitches we have learnt. Click on the title to be linked to the instructions.

236 Plaited Fly Stitch

The ordinary Fly Stitch looks different when you cram them close together and let them overlap slightly. Work the stitches in a variegated thread and you see even less of the Fly Stitch lurking in there.

237 Roll Straight Stitch

We've already done a line of Roll stitches, called Roll Chain Stitch (#145),  and here is the detached version. On their own, these short stitches look like headless baby shrimp, especially if they are worked in pink.

238 Looped Blanket Stitch

Here is a nice stitch for flowers! The loops are rather loose, though, and snag easily on anything, so care must be taken.

239 Rolled Woven Picot

When you have completed this exceptionally long woven picot, you can, as the name suggests, roll it into a 'cinnamon bun' kind of stitch. Or use the long 'tongues' for leaves, e.g. those of the Sansivieria.

240 Dutch Cross Stitch

This is a nice variation of the Cross Stitch. It is especially beautiful as a Canvas filling stitch, but I like in an irregular free style, too.

Homework:

Sunbonnet Sue needs to show her face bonnet again! Make a sampler picture using the above stitches.

Friday Homework for Lesson 237: Roll Straight Stitch

It was considerably easier to make this stitch as individual stitches than in a line, (#145 Roll Chain Stitch).

The tension is important though, especially for the start of the stitch. You need to keep the needle really flush with the fabric when you start winding the thread around the needle. 

Aida Sampler

Wormy shrimps!

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Look at those tails some of the stitches have, they are there because I did not keep the thread tight enough at the start of stitching. Lesson learned!

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

Scattering an area with Roll Straight Stitch of various tones is an alternative to using Seed Stitch for filling. Richer, livelier and with more 'movement'. Even headless shrimps are alive!

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 237: Roll Straight Stitch

I don't know if anyone of you remembers #145 Roll Chain Stitch, but today we are getting acquainted with its sister - Roll Straight Stitch. I learned it from the same source, Miharu. Click on the link and the Japanese website will show you photos of how to work the stitches.

Although the name is Roll Straight Stitch, I think Detached Roll Stitch might be more appropriate, but I will keep the original name.

Here are my photo instructions:

Wrap the thread around the needle.

Tighten the wraps and keep them 

fast under your thumb.

Pull the needle through the wraps.

Tighten the thread until you have a little 'shrimp'.

Anchor.

A headless shrimp or a baby beetle larvae?

Homework:

Add here.