It has been a productive week to show for Work In Progress Wednesday.
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
The following stitches were added:
#261 Y-Edge Stitch (pink thread on turquoise silk appliqué), #262 Star of David Stitch (pink), #263 Six-Pointed Star Stitch (purple), #279 Spinal Double Stitch (light blue and pink variegated and purple)
I want to feature Sunbonnet Sue at many stages of her life.
Here she is in her teens, brooding over life, love, school, music, God, the future, acne, plastic marine pollution.... She is wondering whether to join the fencing team or embroidery club at school, to make do with her pocket money or get a part-time job after school, to continue to wait for Sam in the year above to call or to be brave enough to text him, to apply for an exchange student programme and go abroad for a year... or should she give in to the pressure from her friends and try that party drug, or join the volunteers and clean up the beach, or...
Poor Sue is thinking so hard she's got a splitting headache.
Did you have an identity crisis in your youth?
Before Sunbonnet Sue decides what she will be up to this time, let's review the last five stitches. Click on the title for a link to the instructions.
In looks it is very similar to #263 Plaited Fly Stitch or a line of Fly Stitch rubbing shoulders. However, when worked over a folded edge, you can see the difference.
Is Sue going to work it on an edge or not?
This is one of the first stars I learned to draw as a child - two triangles on top of each other, one upside down. To stitch it, you 'draw' it in a totally different way.
See what happens when the stitcher can't stop with a Star of David but continues to work the needle and thread around the shape. Magic!
You need only one thread. You make a long stitch and then couch it down on the way back. The coaching part of the stitch is rather wide, so you might not work out how the stitch is made at first glance.
It covers the foundation fabric nicely. You need, however, a good supply of thread in your stash for this hungry stitch. Worked on Aida it looks very neat with tidy edges. In freeform style, it can get a bit shaggy if you are not careful, or if that is your wish.
See how the humble Running Stitch (TAST #10) can dress itself up.
This is the back of the homework, not a single stitch has been made yet to show you what Sue is doing.
I made a number of Star of David stitches.
Aida Sampler
The holes in the Aida made it very easy to make perfect stars.
The largest star was a bit too large and the thread seems slack. Well, it was a good lesson!
Now that I know how to make a hexagon or six-pointed star template, it is time to learn the Star of David Stitch.
Have a look at Needle 'n Thread.
Tighten the fabric in a hoop and
mark the six tips of the star on the fabric.
and go back and out at the second mark.
Continue Back Stitching.
Keep this mantra in your head:
Two forwards and one back.
the previous lines as indicated by the red arrows.
