Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 51 - 55

It is Sunday and I am presenting my Friday homework late.... well, never mind, here is my Sunbonnet Sue Stitch Sampler for Sunday Stitch School's stitches 51 - 55

51 Tent Stitch
52 Underside Couching
53 Sword Edging Stitch
54 Tramming
55 Tailor's Buttonhole Stitch (two versions, Reader's Digest and Yorkshire Tailor's)


Sue is busy with spring cleaning, so busy her house dress is coloured in with crayon rubbed over a molding mat and not embroidered.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 51 - 55

Welcome to another revision lesson at Sunday Stitch School.

Below are the five stitches, click on the heading to learn them and see the old posts.

51 Tent Stitch
An old stitch most suitable for canvas.

52 Underside Couching

A smart way to use expensive thread economically and beautifully.

53 Sword Edging Stitch
Oh, so easy, and with great potential!


54 Tramming
I learned from blog readers that this technique was used to mark the design instead of painting the canvas or referring to a chart.
It also gives a very nice raised look to ordinary Cross Stitch and Half Stitch.


55 Tailor's Buttonhole Stitch
This is were I learned the most during these last five stitches. SO many variations and SO enjoyable to watch professionals at work. Check out the videos!



Homework:
As usual the task is to make use of the five stitches on a Sunbonnet Sue design.
Crayon, rubber pad and stranded floss must be included

Friday Homework for Lesson 53: Sword Edging Stitch

I have not only done my homework, I have found out something important.
This stitch is a TAST stitch!

Sharon Boggon of Pintangle started the online course of embroidery stitches, TAST (Take A Stitch Tuesday) in 2007.

I first took part in TAST in 2012 and worked the stitches that followed regularly until 2014 when I had a complete set of stitches, or so I thought. This stitch was not included.

After some research I noticed that there were a few TAST stitches from earlier seasons that I had missed, so those were added. This stitch was not one of them.

Thanks to my readers I found out that what I call Sword Edging Stitch and gave Sunday Stitch School number 53, was introduced in 2010 as TAST Stitch #17 under the name Sword Stitch. I totally missed that!

Anyway, I just love this stitch. It is easy and quick and I think it can be used in many ways.

Here is my homework:

Aida sampler


Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

and on the orange scribble cloth I worked three flowers:

To spice them up a bit I added a few Colonial Knots in the centre and made a stem of Stem Stitch.

This stitch could also be used to illustrate fireworks, a picket fence, crosses and of course, swords!

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 53: Sword Edging Stitch

I don't know if this is an 'antique' stitch with any history, but the name, Sword, makes me think it is old. Who fights with a sword these days? Occasionally the Japanese maffia, yes, but in wars? With all the focus on robots, drones and self-driving vehicles, we will soon have wars where people fight with remote controls..... Horrid past, horrid future. Let's not fight!

With this easy stitch there will not even be any fighting between the needle and the fabric!

Work the Sword Edging Stitch like this:

Easy and quick. It makes a nice individual stitch.

Homework:

Add a few stitches to the SSS Reference Chart.

Fill a row on the Aida Sampler.

Do something creative on the orange scribble cloth.

French name: Point d'épée
Swedish name: Svärdstygn