This was a really lovely stitch, and one that shows what a difference a small change can make to the overall stitch! I would call this a stitch a ‘buttonhole stitch with a variation’. You do have to ‘squint’ a bit on my sample to see this variation, but it is there, I promise! This …
Despite knowing that I really should be working on the baby blanket, I am enjoying working on the Ann’s Orchard Clutch and it has become my go to piece of an evening! I have completed the petals on the first flower, and was really pleased with how the blanket stitch looked. Some of my stitches …
Wow the weeks fly by! The next TAST Stitch already. Like with most of the stitches so far, I really enjoyed this one. It is a reasonably straight forward variation to a standard chain stitch, and you may have already stitched it without ever knowing! I am starting to understand why samplers are completed without …
TAST Stitch 30 – Long Legged Detached Chain Stitch Read More »
Whilst doing a spot of cleaning and tidying up recently, I noticed how lucky I was to have some items of embroidery that were embroidered by relatives, some of whom I never had the chance to meet. I have tablecloths, serviettes, pillow cases and a lot of doilies! I am lucky too that I was …
And after a few weeks of playing catch up, I’m back on track with the weekly TAST challenge! This week’s stitch was Barb stitch. It feels like an adaption of buttonhole stitch, and is easy to work if you can stitch buttonhole stitch. The biggest challenge I faced with this stitch was where to place it …