TAST #91 - Straight Sided Feather Stitch

This time Sharon of Pintangle, who is giving us these wonderful TAST (Take A Stitch Tuesday) stitches, handed out three stitches at the same time but I will work and post one at a time.

Here is TAST #91 which is called Straight Sided Feather Stitch. Actually it gives the basic Feather stitch a more geometric and stiff look.

I made two lines, one wider, one a bit more narrow.

Although this is a simple stitch I think the possibilities are endless, e.g. two rows in mirror image, extremely long or short stitches, or a combination.

I can tell you already now that the next stitch is combination stitch. How I will work it you'll see next week!

WIPW - Ready to quilt

Joining Work In Progress Wednesday (WIPW) helps you finish your needlework projects. Why not take part? Read about it at Pintangle.

This is a busy time of the year but I have made some progress.

Kafferepet

The quilt top is ready, it has been pressed and marked for quilting, sandwiched and basted. It measures 1m square.

When I joined TAST in 2012 it was to learn embroidery stitches that I could use in quilting. That is why I will now make use of some of those stitches on this quilt, instead of only using the traditional running stitch. Watch this space, as they say!

Swedish cushion

On the Swedish cushion I have added a mirror image of last week's. The stitches here are Chain (TAST #8) and Detached Chain (#7) with a long tail.

TAST #90 Twisted Satin Stitch with Beads

Have you ever wanted to learn new embroidery stitches? Then head over to Pintangle and join TAST, Take A Stitch Tuesday.

TAST #90 is called Twisted Satin Stitch with Beads.

This is a version of the last Twisted Satin Stitch, and a bead has been added.

The longer the stitch, the more the beads move along the stitch. That undulating line of beads is quite nice, I think.
Angela at Princess Bubbles Creates made a great observation; the beads sit very snug and show their nice side. So now I know how to avoid beads that turn their hole upwards. Thank you, Angela!

The back of the stitches look quite good, too. Don't you agree?

TAST #89 Twisted Satin Stitch

TAST is an abbreviation for Take A Stitch Tuesday, a great challenge at Pintangle.

Stitch # 89 is called Twisted Satin Stitch and is easy to do, quick and has a nice look.
The light green has one twist, the light blue two twists.
I took up Annet's idea and changed to a different thread in the lower black and white row…