Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 149: German Knotted Braid Stitch

Welcome to Sunday Stitch School.

Do you remember Stitch #4, Danish Knot? You can read about it here and also see that I got inspiration from 'Totsuka Embroidery Stitch Book No 6' which has 71! variations of the stitch.

It is one of those variations I will introduce to you today.

It is worked in a continuous line, thin or wide, similar to a braid.

Work away from you like this:

Anchor the stitch with a long tail.

Go back and cross over the tail.

From here you start all over again.

Repeat as before.

And we are back at the start of a new stitch again.

When worked in thick thread and large stitches it is easy to see that you have two legs to the left (up in the picture below) and one to the right (down in the picture).

Homework:

Well you know... add German Knotted Braids to these samplers.

Friday Homework for Lesson 148: Zig-zag Petal Stitch

 Once you get the rhythm this stitch is easy and fun.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Teal Wool Tailoring Scribble Cloth

WIPW - Flimsy Finish

Work In Progress Wednesday can report on a finish - yes, the cushion flimsy of the

Log Cabin Challenge

is finished. Every seam has been covered with fancy stitching.

240 seams, almost 240 stitch types (a few of the centre pieces share the same seams, like here:

Before I can turn this into a cushion, I need to get hold of fabric for the back, a zipper and make the inner cushion. It will take some time before I can visit a shop, so the flimsy will be shelved.

I stitched five more blocks for the quilt, so the total is now 260.

Tvistsöm Cushion

I stitched two more rows so have 64.

Freeform Embroidery

Six types of stitches were added to the lower left corner:

Crown, Mennonite Tacks, Buttonhole Fly, Tied Windmill, Methodist Knot and Corded Bar.

Crazy for Crazy

It was time to add beads and pearls.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 148: Zig-zag Petal Stitch

Welcome to meet another great stitch, the Zig-zag Petal Stitch. It is a nice combination of slanted Stem  Stitch and Lazy Daisy Stitch. It is included in Edith John's Creative Stitches, but I came across it at Maggie's Textiles, and have with the aid of Rachel of Virtuosew Adventures confirmed the instructions.

Begin with a Lazy Daisy Stitch.

Anchor it and come up where you started.

Take a slanted Stem Stitch, pointing upwards

and coming out in the middle.

There, plant another Lazy Daisy Stitch, pointing in 

the other direction.

Anchor it and come out at the starting point as before.

Make another Stem Stitch, this time

slanting downwards, come out where 

you touch the first Stem Stitch.

Make the third Lazy Daisy Stitch,

and continue in the same way.

You can of course change the size or 

the angle of the Lazy Daisy Stitch.

Homework: