WIPW - Writing

This is a Work In Progress Wednesday report.

Log Cabin Challenge - Label and Name

All along I worked on the Log Cabin quilt

I just called it the 'Log Cabin Challenge'. Every week, as I was about to report on the progress I though I should give the quilt a name. I never did, not even after the quilt was completed in December last year.

In a sense I am glad I didn't find a suitable name for it at that time. It was not until I had hung it on the wall beside the daybed and the sun came into the room that I saw the effect of the light. The sun played with the various shades of aqua, the 'hearth' of gold in the centre of each block, and all the Herringbone quilting done in gold metallic thread. The quilt was beautiful in all light, but really at its best in the morning. I am therefore delighted to give it the name Morning Glory.

I have started on the label. After writing the text with a black felt tip pen I began stitching the text with Quaker Stitch in black. Later I will work some metallic into the text, and appliqué a single log cabin block. More progress next Wednesday.

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

I switched from circles to lines, and used three linear stitches: #10 Japanese Darning, #15 Open Chain Stitch and #77 Tied Herringbone Stitch.

More linear stitches will be added next week.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 213: Zig-zag Whipped Back Stitch

Let's play with two threads! First make three lines of Back Stitch, then take another thread, preferably contrasting, and whip the stitches. Follow the instructions below. 

Thank you to Sharon of Pintangle who posted this stitch here.

Start with a line of Back Stitch.

Make two more lines parallel to the first one.

Change to a contrasting colour, come out from the bottom right, 

go underneath the stitches of two lines of Back Stitch (without biting the fabric).

Next whip only the stitch on the bottom line,

Repeat with two stitches.

Go on alternating until you have come to the end of the line.

Anchor underneath the last stitch, then come out on 

the line of Back Stitch above.

Turn the work around.

Repeat the whipping work.

Anchor at the end of the line.

If you have not already done so, please check out

Sharon's stitches on Pintangle (see link above) where

she has worked longer Back Stitches and pulled the

whipping thread harder. The look is quite different.

This is a versatile stitch.

I hope my homework will be better!

Homework:

Add Zig-zag Whipped Back Stitch to the Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart, the Mottled Wool Sampler and the new Aida Sampler.

Friday Homework for Lesson 212: Loose French Knot Stitch

 So easy, and certainly a change from last week's tricky Holly Braid Stitch!

Aida Sampler 

Using variegated thread for individual stitches is a good way to add variation without having to change threads all the time.

Mottled Wool Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Don't they look like blue and brown raisins? I wonder what flavor the blue ones are, blueberry yoghurt? 

WIPW - Completion

Work In Progress Wednesday is proud to report on the completion of the 

Velveteen Cushion

At last, the cushion is completed and is now resting on the day bed. It took far longer to reach this stage than I had anticipated. Well, it is my own doing - I just added on things all the time. It is a nice way to work, to start in the middle or in a corner, and then play it by the ear, adding things along the way.

The end result is a cushion that has no back, but TWO fronts, and I will turn the cushion around each day to vary the look. One side for odd days and the other for even days.

Here you can see how well it goes with the quilt I made 17 years ago of the same fabric.

On the other side, I have only used the grey velveteen, and some grey+metallic print fabric, raspberry pink batik for the circles,  a length of silver bias tape, and lots of embroidery in mainly metallic thread.

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

I worked three stitches on the two circles left from last week:

The little circle has #212 Loose French Knot Stitch (in orange) while the larger circle is filled with #176 Buttonhole Cross Stitch and the green machine braided edge is held down with #171 Ray Stitch.

New! Catch Up!

Label for the Log Cabin Challenge Quilt

I have not yet made a label for the Log cabin quilt 

and as I have some spare blocks I'll make a simple label.