Sunday, 5 January 2020

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 118: Lazy Daisy Picot Stitch

A warm welcome to the first lesson of 2020 here at Sunday Stitch School.

Let's make another variation of the Lazy Daisy Stitch, which I found in Totstuka Embroidery Stitch Book 8.
This stitch resembles the previous one, 117 French Knotted Lazy Daisy Stitch, but instead of a little French Knot it has a plump picot made up of three Chain Stitches.

Updated: Once again this is a stitch without a name in Ms Totsuka's book. My suggestion is Lazy Daisy Picot Stitch, but am open to change if you know of an established name.
Mattia suggests Point de Bouclette or Point de Marguerite avec Picot in French.

Look at the pictures, and you will understand:

First make a single Chain Stitch
1

Then make another Chain Stitch, but without biting any of the fabric
2


 Within that 'air' Chain make another,
3

and another,
4


 until you have a tail of three Chains
5

Anchor the tail in the same hole as the thread came out from in picture 2
6


 You now have a nice plump picot at the bottom of the Lazy Daisy Stitch.
7

Homework:
Add Lazy Daisy Picot stitches to these three samplers






Wednesday, 1 January 2020

WIPW - On The First Day Of The New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR. May 2020 be a stitchy year!

The Work In Progress Wednesday progress was of course not done only today, the first day of 2020, but over the past week!

Freeform Embroidery
I continued with woven stitches. Here are Woven Chained Bar at the top and underneath two Woven Trellis Stitch flowers.


Circles Challenge
This is as far as I have come on decorating the circles.

Portuguese Stem Stitch

Whipped Stem Stitch

Pekinese Stitch

Tvistsöm Cushion
I started the 22nd column today.


Enjoy what is left of your holiday, maybe with a bit of stitching?









Wednesday, 25 December 2019

WIPW - Holiday Stitching

It is nice to have a holiday - it means there is time to stitch!

Work In Progress Wednesday today includes the following additions to my work:

Circles Challenge
I had promised myself to use the Mountmellick Stitch for this piece and worked a circle in Perle 8



Freeform Embroidery
These woven stitches were added:
Closed and Open Base Needlewomen Picots, Woven Zig-Zag Stitch and Woven Detached Chain Stitch.

Tvistsöm Cushion
The 19th column is in progress.


I hope you have a holiday, too, and are enjoying it!



Sunday, 22 December 2019

Sunday Stitch School - Winter Vacation

Sunday Stitch School will be closed for winter vacation until January 5th, when we start again with  the first stitch of 2020.

Wishing you all the best for the holidays.