WIPW - Only One Project

 In today's Work In Progress Wednesday I have only made progress on one project,

Hexablooms

If possible, I want to keep the number at even tens.  Last week, the total number of Hexablooms stood at 108. I needed to make either two or twelve more to round up the number to an even 10.

So I made 12 flowers:

There are now 120 flowers in total.

I hope to have made progress on the other projects by next Wednesday.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 303: Tacked Herringbone Stitch

Let Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials teach us the Tacked Herringbone Stitch. It is a nice variation of one of the most basic stitches.

As you can understand you have to start 

with a line of Herringbone Stitch.

As for the tacking, change to another

thread and add small upright crosses.

Method 1

Either you do the horizontal stitches first,

alternating upper and lower lines, 

and the vertical lines on the return trip.

Method 2

Or you work a line of Running Stitch

first,

and then the upright stitches.

Method 3

Or you make each cross individually.

The final result looks the same whatever method 

you use, but the Method 3 gives you the shortest 

stitches on the back, and saves thread.

Homework:

Add here.

Friday Homework for Lesson 302: Triangular Bullion Stitch

The Bullion Stitch IS difficult to make, but it does get easier with practice.

I think this triangular version is best when in a group, to form a real flower, as seen in the Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth, below.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

WIPW - More Aqua

It is time for Work In Progress Wednesday.

THIS last week I have had time to add some more aqua on the 

Mandala

Do you remember the raspberry circle in the middle of the Mandala? I had already added a disc of waste sequins and a circle of plastic cups covered in light blue silk. Just before I had my eye trouble I was planning to add some fancy embroidery stitches... 

Well, I now have. From between the cups sprouts #64 Madam Totsuka's Tasseled Chain Stitch and #71 Twisted Fly Stitch. 

The former stitches were worked in a Bunka thread with metallic from Oliver Twist. This thread twists and squiggles uncontrollably, so I stitched down the tasselled loops to keep them beautifully displayed.

Where will I go from here? What will I add next?... One thing is for sure, this circle is not finished yet.

Birthday Present

I have made a belated birthday gift for a small boy. (It was too hot to make anything during the summer heat.) 

By using scrap fabric and a few lengths of ricrac I have also made a small dent in my stash.

The result is a hand doll. The recipient is only three years old, so he'll have to decide for himself what it is, maybe a catfish, a mudskipper, an eel or a snake. Or is it a fantastic beast that has escaped Newt Scamander's brown suitcase?

I especially like the dotted ricrac, the white side must be teeth and the purple with white dots, could be suction cups! What useful tools for eating!

Hexablooms

I made eight more flowers. The total is now 108.