Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 199: Up and Down Flower Stitch

Here is a smart way to make beautiful flowers. I found the Up and Down Flower Stitch on Let's Learn Embroidery. It could be described as a flower made up of continuous Buttonhole Bars.

First mark a small circle on the fabric, and around it a larger one. The bigger the space between the circles, the longer the petals will become.

Mark eight points on the outer circle (think of a clock face: 12 o'clock noon,  1.30 pm, 3pm, 4.30 pm, 6pm ... and so on).

Mark eight points on the inner circle. Space them between the points of the outer circle. On a clock face it would be 12.30 pm, 2 pm, 3.30 pm, 5 pm, 6.30 pm...

Stitch a tiny Straight Stitch on each mark. 

Take the thread under each of the straight stitches, alternating inner and outer stitches. When you come to the end you have a starry design of eight petals. Anchor the thread. 

Now take the thread out near the inner base of one of the petals. 

Add Detached Buttonhole Stitch along the starry thread. 

If you anchor the thread at the tip of each petal the line of stitches will lie down.

Work your way around the star.

It is easier than it looks.

Homework:

Add these beautiful flowers to the three samplers.

Friday Homework for Lesson 198: Whipped Wheatear Stitch

I especially like when Wheatear and Whipped Wheatear Stitch are worked in a circle. That's why there are several here.

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

Here you can see how large the piece of wool is. There is space for PLENTY of stitches!

Aida Sampler

WIPW - A Binding

 It is time for another Work In Progress Wednesday report.

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

Only one stitch found its way onto the sampler -a line of  #40 Du Vos Stitch.

Velveteen Cushion

Some curvy lines sprouted from behind the leaves. Whipped Running Stitch, and a combination of Running Stitch and Stem Stitch.

Sunday Stitch Scribble Cloth

I put on a binding for the sampler. Not stitched down yet.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 198: Whipped Wheatear Stitch

Here is a lesson from one of the masters - Sharon Boggon of Pintangle. Whipped Wheatear Stitch.

See Sharon's excellent photo instructions here.

Working this stitch is straight forward - you make a line of Wheatear Stitch and then whip the 'wheat kernel', the Chain Stitch part of it. Like this:

Begin with a slanted Straight Stitch

and one more in the other direction.

Come out below the tip of the V.

Take the thread behind the V without

picking up any fabric.

Insert in the same hole to make a reversed

Chain Stitch.

Make another Wheatear Stitch in the same way.

Continue

and anchor the last Chain Stitch.

Take another thread in a contrasting colour,

out from just under the Chain Stitch.

Insert the needle from right to left of the

lowest Chain Stitch, just the right side.

Work your way up towards the top.

Anchor inside the top V.

Come out at the bottom again

and work your way up on the 

left side.

Anchor 

and you're done.

Homework:

Work Whipped Wheatear Stitch on these samplers: Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart and Aida Sampler. 

Do the same on the new scribble cloth. It's a lovely piece of mottled wool, which I don't have enough of to use for clothing, hence its new job as a recipient of Sunday Stitch School Stitches. Go to work Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth!