You know the Running Stitch, whip it and you get Whipped Running Stitch, whip it one more time (with the needle going in the opposite direction) and you get today's stitch: Double Whipped Running Stitch.
I found it in A-Z of Embroidery Stitches 2 where it is called Whipped Double Running Stitch. I changed the name as the Whipping is double, not the Running Stitch.
Work it like this:
Before Sunbonnet Sue decides what she will be up to this time, let's review the last five stitches. Click on the title for a link to the instructions.
In looks it is very similar to #263 Plaited Fly Stitch or a line of Fly Stitch rubbing shoulders. However, when worked over a folded edge, you can see the difference.
Is Sue going to work it on an edge or not?
This is one of the first stars I learned to draw as a child - two triangles on top of each other, one upside down. To stitch it, you 'draw' it in a totally different way.
See what happens when the stitcher can't stop with a Star of David but continues to work the needle and thread around the shape. Magic!
You need only one thread. You make a long stitch and then couch it down on the way back. The coaching part of the stitch is rather wide, so you might not work out how the stitch is made at first glance.
It covers the foundation fabric nicely. You need, however, a good supply of thread in your stash for this hungry stitch. Worked on Aida it looks very neat with tidy edges. In freeform style, it can get a bit shaggy if you are not careful, or if that is your wish.
See how the humble Running Stitch (TAST #10) can dress itself up.
This is the back of the homework, not a single stitch has been made yet to show you what Sue is doing.
It's Wednesday so you know it is time for a Work In Progress Wednesday report.
Mandala
I keep stitching a garland of Bouqlé Stitch along the curved border. I haven't come full circle yet, but will hopefully have done so by next week...
Four more stitches were added: #186 Stick People (mint green (one of the stick people has a red dress)), #215 Up and Down Crossed Buttonhole Stitch (yellow), #223 Whipped Fly Stitch Wheel (pink) and #265 Double Whipped Running Stitch (red, white and green).
I haven't had anything to report for a long time but here at last is some progress on Work In Progress Wednesday.
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
To fill in some of the blank areas on the sampler I put in some extra stitches of previously added ones.
#260 Laced Mountmellick (silver and red, on the left). #265 Double Whipped Running Stitch (green, orange and white) and #298 Hatamusubi (the long line at the bottom, from the left, purple wool, white perle, green wool, orange metallic, beige polyester and finally green polyester (not in the picture)). The thread ends have all been joined on the back using the Hatamusubi knot, or Weavers' Knot or Sheet Bend).
Hexablooms
This was fun! Use three contesting colours for your threads and you get a striking look. Use three muted colours and you have a nice braid-like line.
Aida
The second block of the Green Man quilt is in the style of whole cloth - literally. One piece of fabric, no patches, no appliqué, no embroidery.
Traditionally a whole cloth quilt is usually large, suitable for a bedcover of a single or double bed. One large piece of fabric for the top and one for the back sandwiched with batting in between. The quilt pattern is marked on the top fabric. The layers are basted together, and the quilt is stretched in a quilting hoop or a large quilting frame. Then the quilting can begin. This is usually done with a quilt stitch similar to the Running Stitch. Traditional patterns are feathers, wreaths and cross-hatching.
Amy Emms M.B.E is for sure the most famous whole cloth quilter in the UK. Her work was stunning.
Another decorated quilter famous for her whole cloth quilts is Jacquie Harvey B.M.E., read her story on Costume and Textile Association's website.
Jacquie's way of quilting is unique, she uses no hoop, no thimble and not even the traditional quilting needle. In spite of that, her stitches are minute and the result is impeccable. Furthermore, Jacquie is going her own way by using wax crayons for shading in the design and pays great attention to the edging of her quilts, almost always with whipped piping.
Why not watch Jacquie in action?
Another famous hand quilter is Sandy Lush
Now for my whole cloth Green Man. I used a piece of green cotton sheeting and stitched the outline of the face and the leaves..
To be continued...
