Friday Revision Homework - Stitches: 336 - 340

Thank you for waiting patiently and giving me an extra week to complete the Revision Homework.

Sunbonnet Sue has always liked skating. I made this one in February 2018. Sue was just a little girl.

As a young teenager, she kept on skating. This time on a frozen lake, although the ice wasn't very thick... Do you think she went in or escaped a dip in the ice-cold water?

Here is a close-up of the Shadow Stitch. Can you see the pattern through the sheer fabric?

Sunday Stitch School - Revision Stitches: 336 - 340

I have been, and will continue to be, busy. 

In my haste, I made two mistakes in some previous blog posts. The new stitches were called 329 and 330, but they are actually 339 and 340. The blog post titles have now been corrected.

The coming week will see me occupied with a lot of things other than stitching. The Sunbonnet Sue homework will have to wait for at least another week.

However, let's review the five most recent stitches. If you click on the title, you will be sent to the instructions page.

336 Shadow Stitch

A Closed Herringbone Stitch sewn on the reverse will give you two parallel lines of Back Stitch on the front. If you use, as you should, sheer fabric, you can see a shadowy pattern of swirls between the Backstitched lines.

337 Barred Witch Stitch

338 Persian Border Stitch

339 All-Over Stitch

340 Laced Buttonhole Stitch

Homework:

Make a Sunbonnet Sue motif with the five stitches. Try to have it done in two weeks.

Friday Homework for Lesson: 339 All-Over Stitch

This is such an enjoyable stitch. Have you ever filled in numbered lines in a children's drawing book ? Done any zentangling? 

Well, filling in a void with Straight (or Back) Stitch going in all directions, here and there and all over the place, is both fun and relaxing. Working the All-Over Stitch is a kind of stitch meditation.

Aida Sampler

This was a bit difficult as I had to create new holes to get an irregular, shattered glass look. The Aida grid was of no use, really.

Sunday Stitch School  Reference Chart

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 339: All-Over Stitch

Through an article by Mary Corbet of Needle 'n Thread I got to know 'Embroidery Stitches' by Mary Wilkinson. Among the many stitches in this old book I found All-Over Stitch on page 4.

I thought we would use this filling stitch for today's lesson. The result will be something like a broken mirror or a window pane.

Here is Queenie's photo tutorial:

Draw the outline to be filled.

Draw the individual straight stitch lines.

Use Straight Stitch or Back Stitch to fill in the lines.

Homework:

Break a window pane here!