Weeks 1 to 4
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| TAST - Weeks 1 to 4 |
My grandmother, Memere Charleboix, taught me to embroider when I was seven or eight. I still have that
very first piece. It was my very first stitching project.
I've always loved embroidery and have
used it often, but am not real familiar with many stitches, either by
name or how to do them.
Taking a class with Sue Spargo this
winter and learning a lot of her favourite stitches has really made
me want to learn more.
In the past, I had often checked sharon b's blog, In
A Minute Ago, whenever I needed help with a specific
stitch. Her blog is now called Pin Tangle
In January, 2012, Sharon started TAST –
Take a Stitch Tuesday – where she posts a hand embroidery stitch to add to the list.
She is now at Stitch 64 but you can join in at any time. You then
link back to her site by leaving your web address in a comment of
her latest TAST post.
I will attempt to do some embroidery
every week and hopefully at some point get caught up.
I have a big stack of upholstery
samples, so I'm going to use that for this project. I cut the
samples into 8” x 8” and washed them to soften them up a bit.
I will use the stitch of the day to
make a 4 “ frame and then use mostly that stitch in the frame.
Learning how to use one stitch in different situations is the object
of the game.
I can add other stitches if I need to.
I can the frame slightly bigger depending on the stitch.
They're my rules, I can break them if I
want to.
So here we go!
Week 1 – Fly Stitch
Other stitches: French Knot
Other stitches: French Knot
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| Fly Stitch |
Week 2 – Buttonhole Stitch
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| Buttonhole Stitch |
Week 3 – Feather Stitch
Other stitches: French knots
Other stitches: French knots
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| Feather Stitch |
Week 4 – Cretan Stitch
I borrowed Luiz Vaz's moon, his is much nicer than mine. Have a look at his wonderful stitches here.
Other stitches: Fly Stitch (water) and Stem Stitch (under the trees)
I borrowed Luiz Vaz's moon, his is much nicer than mine. Have a look at his wonderful stitches here.
Other stitches: Fly Stitch (water) and Stem Stitch (under the trees)
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| Cretan Stitch |
I will link up to TAST at Pin Tangle.
Check out all the beautiful work going on there.
Also linking to The Needle and Thread WIP Wednesday, have a look at what other Canadians bloggers are up to.
Also linking to The Needle and Thread WIP Wednesday, have a look at what other Canadians bloggers are up to.
Happy Stitching,
Terry
9 comments:
You have made smart 'rules' for your TAST project and if you complete all the stitches you will end up with a most impressive piece.
Your four starting blocks are nicely done. Keep up the good work.
Wow, these are beautiful!
This is a great start to learn new stitches. I like the last sampler with the images mirrored in the water.
such pretty pieces
Beautiful works! Keep on going, looking forward to see more!
My grandmother and mother taught me the basics of embroidery too. They called it 'fancy work'. Now I use embroidery but don't know a lot of stitches. You motivate me to learn more. I think I need to join TAST. Lovely stitch work!!
Nice samples!
Love them! Can't wait to see more!
Very nice samples. Look forward to seeing more.
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