Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 146 - 150

Sunday Stitch School's collection of stitches has now reached 150. For every five stitches learned I have made a revision lesson, and the homework has been to make a Sunbonnet Sue sampler featuring the five stitches. 

With 150 stitches, it means there are 30 Sunbonnet Sues. Here are some of them:

The typical traditional Sue

Stitches 81-85

In this sampler Sue is an adult and has slimmed off her puppy fat.

26-30

Sometimes she has no bonnet, but her face is hidden,

behind flowers,

41-45

or leaves,

111-115

or protective medical gear.

121-125

Sometimes Sue is seen from behind.

31-35

This week's homework:

The Sunbonnet Sue for stitches 146 - 150, is another traditional quilt design for Sunbonnet Sue.

I  used Stem Stitch for the outlines and reserved the five stitches for the clothing.

I think the Knotted Stitch was perfect for the straw bonnet, and the Woven Circle in variegated thread made a yummy lollipop.

WIPW - STRETCHED, PIECED & WOUND

STRETCHED, PIECED, & WOUND - it sounds like torture, but it has been a painless week. Now time to hand in my Work In Progress Wednesday report.

Freeform Embroidery

All the embroidery is done, void areas have been filled with small stitches.

The finished piece has been STRETCHED.

The work that remains: backing and a border. That is planned to be finished by next week. Keep your fingers crossed!

Tvistsöm Cushion

Trudging along, four more rows were added.

Crazy for Crazy

The new teal and gold block was PIECED, (well basted together rather!), a bit of gold lace added and eight pieces of fabric stitched around the block to support it in the embroidery hoop.

 There will be several kinds of beads/pearls and ornaments. One of them will be a shirtwaist button.

 In the past I made Dorset Buttons, 

many for several of the other octagon blocks. 

Now it was time to try another type of WOUND and threaded button - shirtwaist button. I learned how from my recently acquired book by Elizabeth Healey:

When you make a Dorset button, you first stitch Buttonhole Stitch around the ring, then wind the spokes around the ring, which is fairly easy as the Buttonhole Stitch foundation gives the spokes a firm grip. After that it is easy to thread or weave the pattern. 

 The Shirtwaist button, however, is a challenge, it is far trickier. You start by winding a star pattern (teal in the picture below) around the slippery ring, then tie the pattern (gold). Boy did it take time to make the thread 'sit', but once I had figured out how tight a grip I needed,  it was great fun. I have only made this one Shirtwaist button so far, this is a trial one, and I will make a, hopefully, neater one to be used for the crazy quilt octagon block.

Log Cabin Challenge

Believe it or not, I have not made even a single block this week, so the count still stands at 280 blocks.

I have spent a lot of time on darning and mending summer clothes, before packing them away for the winter. Next week I am sure I will have a little pile of blocks for my collection.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 146 - 150

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Back to Sunday Stitch School! It is revision time! Here are the five most recent stitches. Click on the title to see instructions for each stitch.

146 Knotted Stitch

A tidy stitch, this one.

147 Woven Circle Stitch

An easy stitch, this one.

148 Zig-zag Petal Stitch

A beautiful stitch, this one.

149 German Knotted Braid Stitch

A spicy stitch, this one.

150 Celestial Eyelet Stitch

A starry stitch, this one.

Homework:

Make a Sunbonnet Sue including the above stitches.

Friday Homework for Lesson 150: Celestial Eyelet Stitch

I just love the look of this star, and it is so easy to make, especially on Aida and other fabric with a good grid.

In the Comment Box I got a suggestion from Elizabeth Healey. She is a graphic designer and Queen of recycling fabric for a new fresh look in quilting. She teaches workshops, writes articles, and is also the author of two excellent books 'Stitch, Fabric & Thread' and 'LACE Reimagined'. Both these publications show lots of new approaches to traditional work. So I was not surprised when she suggested that Celestial Eyelet Stitch could be stitched in two colours - one for the outer cross and another for the inner. I gave it a try and it worked very well, don't you think?

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Teal Wool Tailoring Scribble Cloth