Arrowhead Stitch is normaly worked on a straight line but there are no such lines among my flowers.
These stitches are too long, therefore I coached down some of the longest.
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Broderi
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jan 16
25. Twisted Chain or Rope Stitch
This is a useful stitch for many kinds of outlines.
Maybe I can try to use it as filling stitch as well.
Länkar
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dec 15
24. Interlaced Cable Chain Stitch
I can not find any use for this stitch on my flower print. So I leave it behind for now. I might update this post later.
I found an example of this stitch worked on a curvy line HERE:
Updated sept 2018:
Updated June 2019:
I won’t give up. Tried again with both Cable Chain and regular Chain Stitch. Difficult on curvy lines and small areas.
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dec 15
23. Cable Chain stitch
There are not many suitable places for Cable Chain Stitch amongst the flowers on my training cloth. First I tried to fill the area between two lines but I am not happy with the result..
Then I took a thinner thread and sewed right on the line. The result looks better.
During TAST2012 I first learned this stitch and my first attempt is better than the new one. I also tried to use Cable Chain Stitch as a filling stitch.
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dec 15
22. Buttonhole Wheel Stitch
A few Buttonhole wheels on my Paradise Flower print:
When I first learned Buttonhole Wheel i practiced on a denim swatch.
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05
dec 15
21. Knotted Cretan stitch
I made Knotted Cretan Stitch on top of regular Cretan Stitches
The knotted stitches (white/yellow) are on top of Open Cretan stitch (different shades of blue). Unfortunately both light blue and yellow look almost white on my screen.
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nov 15
Summary 2: Another 10 weeks of TAST – week 11 – 20
11. Whipped wheel
13. Satin stitch
14. Stem stitch
15. French knots
16. Weathear stitch
19. Bullion knot
Here are my 20 TAST-stitches on the Paradise Flower cloth.
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nov 15
20. Butterfly Chain stitch
Still another difficult stitch for flowers and leaves but at least I gave it a try.
For other motives this is a nice little stitch, Butterfly chain stitch. It is quite easy and it can be worked in various ways. Here are my first attempts from TAST 2012.
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nov 15
19. Bullion knot
Bullion knot is a wonderful stitch which improves the ugly flower from last week.
They are perfect for rose buds.
Or rather perfect for any flower.
This week I have started embroidering new flowers. Bullions is a good start.
I love all kinds of knots. Here are some pictures from previos works. At first my handbag.
You have already seen the next picture on French knot page.
The pink/mauve circles are connected by Bullion knots. The green ”worms” are also Bullion knots. The other stitches are different kinds of knotted stitches.
There are Bullion knots of different lengths on this area. The pale blue Bullion knots are my first Bullion knots ever.
The blue oval bellow is filled with dense, rised Bullion knots, and to the right there are Bullion knots surrounding a single French knot.
The handbag embroidery is all in wool.
I also tried Bullion knots on denim swatches:
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Week 19
How to make Bullion knots
Google picture search
Highlights
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nov 15
18. Half Chevron stitch
Half Chevron Stitch was also difficult to stitch on my Paradise Flowers print. This stitch is better for borders than for flowers. But I gave it a try. The first flower looked better when I added Bullion knots.
This leave looks messy and doesn’t photography well. Maybe I can improve it with Stem stitch to hide the black veins. I should have used a thinner thread.
I am not proud of my previous Half Chevron stitch either. In fact I didn’t even get them right. They are Crossed Half Chevron stitch.
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