I used these five stitches to make a bedroom scene, but it is not a romantic setting.
No, poor Sunbonnet Sue got infected with the Omicron variant of Covid, so she is recuperating at home while being in total isolation.
What's the best thing to do? Sleep it off?
Let's take some time to revise these stitches:
196 Square Knot Drizzle Stitch
Similar to other Drizzle stitches this one looks different back and front.
Another member of the Buttonhole family, well worth learning. It is a bit more unruly than its sibling, the Knotted Buttonhole Stitch, but perfectly charming.
A romantic wheatear with hearts in the middle!
Greetings from India. Another beautiful floral stitch. You do need time though, and a long thread.
Here is another of Sharon Boggon's beautiful stitches. Great for using unusual or troublesome threads in the lacing.
Friday, nay, SATURDAY homework for Lesson 199 would be more correct. Life did not want to me hand in my homework yesterday, and that is why I am one day late.
Here is a smart way to make beautiful flowers. I found the Up and Down Flower Stitch on Let's Learn Embroidery. It could be described as a flower made up of continuous Buttonhole Bars.
First mark a small circle on the fabric, and around it a larger one. The bigger the space between the circles, the longer the petals will become.
Mark eight points on the outer circle (think of a clock face: 12 o'clock noon, 1.30 pm, 3pm, 4.30 pm, 6pm ... and so on).
Mark eight points on the inner circle. Space them between the points of the outer circle. On a clock face it would be 12.30 pm, 2 pm, 3.30 pm, 5 pm, 6.30 pm...
