WIPW - Couched Braid Circle

So what progress have I to report for Work In Progress Wednesday? Well, not so much, but I have made some on the

Circles Challenge
There are three more circles, one of them is a braid that I couched down.

 The others are Backstitched Chain and Buttonhole.

Freeform Embroidery
I am sticking to the circle shape for the Freeform Embroidery, too. The progress: Mille Fleur Stitch, Rosette Stitch Rose and Petal Stitch.

Tvistsöm Cushion
Only a few stitches have been added here.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 116: Woven Long Tail Chain Stitch

Welcome to another set of five stitches here at Sunday Stitch School.
Today I am once again taking a stitch from Totsuka Embroidery Stitch Book #8 (Detached Chain Stitch).

Actually it is not one stitch, but a combination made up of three Long Tail Chain stitches whose tails have been woven into a picot.

The stitch has no name in the book, so I will give it the descriptive name of Woven Long Tail Chain Stitch.

Begin by making a Long Tail Chain Stitch

 

Add another stitch at an angle.

Anchor the tail in the same hole as the previous tail.

 

Add another slanted stitch on the other side.

Now begin weaving  (keep the thread or change to another colour) between the tails.

Anchor at the tip.

Homework:

Work on these samplers.

Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 111 - 115

To sum up the five most recent stitches done at Sunday Stitch School, here is Sunbonnet Sue. She has lost her bonnet, or is it hidden behind all those leaves?

Had it been a summer scene I could have swarmed her with Chained Sheaf Stitch 'butterflies' instead of leaves, but I decided to stick to the season and use the leaves instead

WIPW - The First Circles

There are two kinds of circles on Work In Progress Wednesday today. The first is of course

Circles Challenge

where I have now started embroidery along the curved seams. This will emphasise the circles that the joined blocks created.

The other kind of circles are on the 

Freeform Embroidery
where some round forms have grown. They are made up of Reversed Buttonhole Circles and Whipped Long Tail Chain Stitch.





Tvistsöm Cushion
is totally free from circles, but has four (and 1/3) new straight columns.