Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 21 - 25

It's lucky that Sunday Stitch School runs evening classes and I can hand in my homework late at night. Although I finished the Sunbonnet Sue sampler in time, it has been one of these days and it it not until now, past 10 pm Tokyo time, that I can show my summery of stitches.

The homework was for a seasonal Sue. The rainy season is on in Japan and that is why Sue is hiding her face underneath an umbrella - Sunbonnet Sue ought to be called Umbrella Sue.

Whipped Running Stitch was used for the outlines.

Upright Cross Stitch works well as a filling stitch, both on the teaser (the Wellington boots) and on the hand, where I staggered the stitches.

The Y Stitch with its loop made good raindrops, I think.

 The Vault Stitch was a challenge to do on the plain weave.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 21 - 25

It is time for a revision of stitches 21 - 25 at Sunday Stitch School. Here is a summery of them.

Click on the headline to learn each stitch and read more about it.

21 Upright Cross Stitch

Easy and fun to stitch. Great for filling a larger area.

22 Vault Stitch

I tried two ways of working this striking stitch. With purple thread I worked so there are long stitches on the back, too. This eats up a lot of thread but makes a very sturdy stitch.
In the example in yellow, most of the thread is on the front. You save thread this way, but the result is not as compact, and it is easy to pull the thread too tight.
To avoid puckering and get a good solid filling stitch, I'd go for the purple method.

and, a note to self, DO use real canvas for Canvas work!

23 Whipped Running Stitch

So easy, it is child's play. A great stitch to use with fancy thread that only needs to be whipped over the running stitches and not penetrate the fabric.


24 X-Ray Stitch

Vary the length of the stitches and you get a variety of designs. It would be good for Christmassy things!


25 Y Stitch

This is a fun stitch to use for writing, or floating ghosts, or a bustle of people, or a packed disco dance floor, or if worked horizontally in orange, gold fish....


Revision homework.
Make a seasonal Sunbonnet Sue and use only the five stitches above.

What stitch would be good on this grid, I wonder?

Friday Homework for Lesson 24 - X-Ray Stitch

Friday homework:

The X+Ray Stitch  was more fun to work than I first thought. Here I have added it to last week's homework - the Whipped Running Stitch circles.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 24: X-Ray Stitch

Welcome to Sunday Stitch School where we have reached the letter X of the alphabet.

What X stitches are there? Well the Cross Stitch forms an X, but we have already worked both the standard Cross Stitch and the Upright Cross Stitch.

Question: So what do to?
Answer: Create a new stitch, of course.

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, got the first Nobel prize in Physics for his discovery of the X-ray. Who has not been X-rayed at least once? Being able to see the condition of our teeth and bones e.g., has helped hospital staff give us the right medical attention.

So let's honour this discovery and invent the X-Ray Stitch. Or am I too late? Maybe this stitch already exists. One thing is for sure, there will be no Nobel Prize in Embroidery for this.

Mattia suggests Point de Rayon X as a French name.

I put together a cross with some straight stitches:

Both the cross and the rays can be of various lengths.

Homework:
Add some X-Ray Stitches to last week's homework

You have a free choice of thread. Enjoy!