Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 216 - 220

The canvas stitches were difficult to do on this small scale, and are not very impressive either. I will have to select a better use for the next canvas stitch and make the stitches larger.

On the other hand, I think two stitches, the Pointed Tip Buttonhole Knot Flower and the New England Stitch, were good for the carrots and their green fronds.

As you can see, Sunbonnet Sue has joined the millions of people around the globe who grow their own vegetables, now that food prices have skyrocketed. She is lucky enough to still have enough water to keep the kitchen garden going.

WIPW - Waste Canvas

Even in the extreme heat time passes quickly, and I must leave my Work In Progress Wednesday report.

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

It was time for some canvas stitches. To get a reasonably good grid I used waste canvas to guide the needle.

First I added a smattering of individual canvas stitches shooting out of the cornucopia. For each of them there will then be a block, filling up a square or rectangle.

#217 Simplified Rice Stitch (light blue), #206 Rapid Stitch (blue) and #22 Vault Stitch (green). 

Sunday Stitch School - Revision Stitches 216 - 220

We have completed another set of five stitches, 216 - 220, and it is time to review them and make a Sunbonnet Sue sampler. What will she be up to this time, do you think?

If you click the name of each stitch below, a link will take you to the instructions.

216 New England Stitch

This is such an elegant stitch. Use variegated thread and it becomes vibrant and alive.

217 Simplified Rice Stitch

Instead of four stitches across the arms of the large cross, which would make it a Rice Stitch, the simplified version has only two. Where you place them and how long you make them is up to you.

218 Pointed Tip Buttonhole Knot Flower

This is an Indian floral stitch. It is simple to make and stunning to look at, do give it a try. Perfect for both petals and leaves.

219 Two-sided Italian Cross Stitch

The name is misgiving, there are at least three sides with a Straight Stitch, but if you use it as a filling canvas stitch you have four sides. So shouldn't it be called a Boxed-In Cross? Be that as it may, this stitch is beautiful.

220 Back Stitched Herringbone Stitch

Three cheers for Sharon Boggon and Pintangle. Here is a nice version of Herringbone Stitch, as recently seen on her blog.

Homework:

Make a Sunbonnet Sue in action. Here is a hint.

Friday Homework for Lesson 217: Simplified Rice Stitch

 Simplified Rice Stitch is easy and fun, but on a fine canvas it takes time to use it as a filling stitch!

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

Canvas Sampler

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 217: Simplified Rice Stitch

I think it is time for a canvas stitch. Do you remember Rice Stitch? It is one of the TAST stitches that I learned long ago.

Today we have a version of the Rice Stitch, and it is called Simplified Rice Stitch. Instead of four small straight stitches over the cross, there are only two.

You can see it at Arts & Design. Scroll down to S and look for Simplified Rice Stitch.

Work it like this:

Or change the size, placement or colours.

The main point is to place the diagonal Straight Stitch over the upper crossed stitch, to anchor it down. Use either of these holes.

Homework: Add to these samplers, as well as the Canvas Sampler.