Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 345: Barred Buttonhole Wheel

I guess you recognise this stitch: 

It is called Buttonhole Wheel and I stitched this a LONG time ago while taking part in TAST (Take A Stitch Tuesday), led by Sharon Boggon of Pintangle.

Today, we turn to the Royal School of Needlework's Stitch Bank and learn a variation of the same stitch. It is called Barred Buttonhole Wheel. The main point is that instead of one hole in the middle, you use four holes. 

The link to RSN's Stitch Bank is here.

My photo tutorial can be seen below:

Mark a cross to see four holes.

Widen the holes with a stiletto or thick needle.

Draw the circle.

After adding (three) stitches for the first hole,

move to the second hole and add the same number of spikes.

Then move to the third and fourth holes.

Connect the circle.

Remove the markings with water.

You can, of course, also stitch over a button with four holes.

Homework

Add here:

WIPW - 61-10=51

Work In Progress Wedensday.

Other things than stitching have kept me busy.

Hexablooms

Last time I reported on a pile of 61 newly prepared blocks to add to the flimsy. I have stitched on 10 of them. The pile has thus shrunk to 51, which explains the headline of today's blog post.

Hung on the wall, over another quilt, you can see that in total 204 blocks are now fixed.

With all the white paper slips bearing the placement number stitched over the centre hexagon of each flower, the quilt appears to be full of snowballs. Fear not, once the paper has been removed the metallic fabric of the centre will shine and glow - hopefully.

Bookmark

I have one more bookmark to stitch this year.  I got started on it last weekend. Here is the back.

So, sorry for the meagre portion of Work In Progress this week.

Friday Homework for Lesson 344: Persian Star Filling Stitch

 Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

I will be busy during the upcoming weekend so there will be no new stitch on Sunday. Sorry!

WIPW - What I Hate About Metal Stud Buttons

Work In Progress Wednesday. Here is my report.

Mandala

I have now completed every one of the four lines with yellow beads.

What's next, I wonder?

Hexablooms

I selected 61 more blocks, placed them and marked them with placement numbers.

Part of them will look like this:

Sunday Stitch School Indigo Stitch Sampler

#343 Open Fishbone Stitch in light green and #344 Persian Star Filling Stitch in ochre.

SDGs for Clothing

After spending hours ripping up the factory machine-stitched waistband, I finally managed to set the elastic free from stitches. However, it was still trapped inside the waistband as it had been fixed with a metal stud button.

There I stood with the newly bought elastic... and fumed: 'This is what I hate about metal stud buttons!'

In the end, I had to cut two slits and pull out the old elastic in order to cut it off as close to the button as possible.

I will treat the slits as buttonholes and work Tailor's Buttonhole Stitch around the holes, then insert the new elastic and stitch it down by machine across the waistband. I will set the stitch length to large so the next time I need to replace the elastic, it will be easy to unpick the stitches.