The stitch for week 2 on
Take a Stitch Tuesday is the buttonhole stitch. I'm hoping to experiment some more but this is what I've done so far. On the right I was playing with a leaf shape. On the bottom, I made the buttonhole stitch different lengths and made them crooked. I was thinking of grass or stems. Then I wove a fuzzy yarn around the bottom of the stitches. I added the french knots just to give the idea of flowers there. The top was just an attempt at couching down a piece of yarn with the button hole stitch.
I really need to find my embroidery hoops so I can keep the fabric tight. Or use something like I last week. Last week, I used a brown paper bag which was crumpled, colored and fused to peltex. I also need to start drawing lines so the embroidery stays straight.
3 comments:
Beth, your embroidery examples are lovely! I think I'll try a little of this on some of the NICU quilts I'm working on. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Yikes! You are experimenting with stuff that I've been contemplating getting into ~ the fusing of quilting & needlework! I just started blogging but posted my Lanarte picture today; my Yellow Brick Road quilt will be posted next week! (I am a beginner quilter & not much of a seamstress; I don't mind creating quilt blocks but can't freehand machine quilt, at least without taking a class! So much to do, so little time!
Thanks for posting; I'll be coming back to see your next feats! /MJ
Oh, I love the flower row! I'm going to work that on some heart soon! The leaf one reminds me of a sunflower. Love it. You did a great job experimenting! I think the fun part of TAST is that it pushes us to look past what we would normally do, to stretch our imaginations a bit. Love your imagination!
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