TAST 2013.17.65. Buttonhole bar-2

After exploring some more variations of this buttonhole bar, the stitch sampler was completed.

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4.Horizontal bars are worked in these two samples. The two rows buttonhole stitches are worked upwards and downwards alternatively in the first sample. In the second sample horizontal buttonhole bars in the bottom row are worked in between two buttonhole bars in the top row.

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5.The bars worked at two levels in the first sample and vertical and horizontal bars are alternated in the second sample.

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6.Broad version of the bars [three and four straight stitches] are worked in the first sample. I tried the triple straight stitches in different ways and worked the buttonhole stitches on them.

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7.In the first sample, the buttonhole stitch in the centre is extended and taken with the base fabric, to work curved buttonhole bars. A small knot is worked in the centre of the horizontal bars on the top sample in the right, and detached buttonhole stitches are worked on the bars worked on the bottom.

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I did not work these bars with other stitches in this sampler. These bars are ideal for embellishing any embroidery piece.
The sampler-

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TAST 2013.17.65. Buttonhole bar-1

This week’s stitch on the TAST 2013 challenge by SharonB is buttonhole bar. Sharon has mentioned this stitch is commonly used on needle . I have not tried that type of embroidery yet. Still this stitch seems interesting to work with. The stitch is simple but takes a while to work 4 inches, which is the width of my sampler. So I am working small bands. The sampler progress-

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1.In the first sample, the bands are worked apart, then they are worked closer. In the next sample, they are worked in two heights and the last one is worked in two colours.

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2.Another way of working with two threads is tried in the first sample. The buttonhole stitches are worked on the lower half of the straight stitches.

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3.In the first sample, the buttonhole stitches are worked in one direction till the midpoint of the straight stitches and in opposite direction till the end of the stitches, thus to create a twist, which would have been visible if the straight stitches were longer. The second sample hve up and down buttonhole stitches worked on them.

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TAST 2013.16.64.Top knotted buttonhole stitch-3

Today some stitch combinations were worked on this sampler.

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5.These stitch samples are combination of top knotted buttonhole stitches with- buttonhole stitch, closed buttonhole stitch, crossed buttonhole stitch and basque stitch.

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6.In the first sample, after working sheaf stitch , the top knotted buttonhole stitches are looped through them in Pekinese stitch style. Arrowhead stitches are worked below the knots in the second sample. Top knotted buttonhole stitch is whipped and Italian border stitches are worked between the knots in the last sample.

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This stitch looks quite decorative by itself, combining it with other stitches gives scope to explore this stitch. I happy that I learnt this lovely stitch. As Queenie patch mentioned it looks like Thai script. In our country, some eastern languages like, Bengali, Oriya and Assamese script also look like this but with more curves.

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The sampler-

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TAST 2013.16.64.Top knotted buttonhole stitch-2

Yesterday I tried some variations of this stitch.

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3.The first row is the slightly curved version of this stitch, the second row is worked with two threads.

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4.After working two rows of top knotted buttonhole stitches, they are whipped with lighter thread in the first sample. A black thread is laced through two rows of buttonhole stitches in the second sample.

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TAST 2013.16.64.Top knotted buttonhole stitch-1

This week’s stitch on the TAST 2013 challenge by Sharonb is top knotted buttonhole. I am still in the process of learning this stitch, holding the knot and inserting the needle is a bit difficult at this stage.
The sampler-

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1.The stitch is worked in different heights and widths in these three rows.

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2.The zigzag version of this stitch is worked in the first row. The top knotted buttonhole stitches are worked on both sides in the second row. I like the way the stitches curl when it was worked, the reason may be the thread, the stitch height or may be both. The stitch is worked in different lengths in the third row.

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TAST 2013.15.63.Scroll stitch-3

I liked the way this stitch curled, so wanted to try motifs by combining with other stitches.
The sampler-

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7.I started with working individual stitches to see the variation between this stitch and pistil stitch. then worked these individual stitches in a circle, then worked them with Algerian eye stitch, raised cross stitch and laced herringbone square. Detached buttonhole stitches are worked over scroll stitches in the last sample.

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8.The first row is a combination of scroll stitch and chain stitch. After working the scroll stitch and individual fly stitches, Pekinese stitch is worked between them in the last row.

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Though I couldn’t grasp the full potential of this stitch, scroll stitch is a very useful stitch and I am happy with these experiments.

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TAST 2013.15.63.Scroll stitch-2

Today I experimented two rows of scroll stitches together. I was not able to achieve a braided look as suggested by Sharon because my stitches are still not neat.
The sampler –

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4. In the first two rows I worked scroll stitches rows one below the other, though in the second row, I looped the thread through the previous row. In the third row three scroll stitches set are worked in two levels and I tried replicating it again, a failure!

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5.In these samples scroll stitch rows are facing each other. I worked from left to right and returned back in the first sample. After working the top row left to right, I worked the opposite .that is, from right to left in the second sample. And to my surprise found that, I could control this stitch much better this way. Hurray! In the third sample, after working two rows of scroll stitches apart in my way, a thread was laced through both rows.

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6. In the first sample, the scroll stitch rows are facing away from each other. The same idea continues in the second sample which was later whipped with red thread. The last few stitches were not whipped to see the gap between two rows and how the whipping changed the look of the rows.

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TAST 2013.15.63.Scroll stitch-1

This week’s stitch on the TAST 2013 challenge by SharonB is scroll stitch. Though I have come across this stitch on embroidery books, I have never tried this stitch. This challenge is giving me a chance to work this stitch. The tension and knotting are proving tricky at this stage.

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The details of the samples-
1. These samples are trials of this stitch. The angle of the stitch in the first row, is downward towards left, in the second row, straight downwards and in the third row, downwards towards right.

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2. I tried working this stitch with longer insertion and failed in the first row. Then I tried working this stitches closer by inserting in the next hole, in the second row, which needs some fine tuning. Then worked a row were the scroll stitches are alternatively apart and close. The double scroll stitches [closely worked] and single scroll stitches are alternated [sometimes forgotten!] in the fourth row.

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3. This first row had to be detailed, otherwise I‘ll never be able to understand it! This is zigzag scroll stitch.in the second row, the stitches are worked at three levels to form a wave pattern. Detailing becomes important in the third row too. This is up and down scroll stitch, the stitches are slanted downwards and upwards alternatively.

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TAST 2013.14.62. Raised cross stitch flower-2

Today I worked this stitch with other TAST stitches to create some motif patterns .

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4.Details of these samples, this stitch is combined with- French knots, arrow head, bullion knots, pistil stitches and detached chain stitches.

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5.The first sample is with stem stitch and detached chain leaves, the second one is with Italian border stitch, the last two are with buttonhole stitch and fly stitches.

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6.The other stitches in these samples are- buttonhole wheel variation, Pekinese stitch variation, sheaf stitch, wheat ear stitch, whipped wheel variation and woven detached chain.

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7.Cretan and herringbone stitches are worked as squares in the first two samples. Fly stitches, feather stitch and Algerian eye stitches are worked in the last three samples.

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These stitch combinations will be useful to use on decorative embroidery projects. This is a lovely stitch.

14.62.raised cross stitch smapler

 

TAST 2013.14.62.Raised cross stitch flower-1

This week’s stitch on the TAST 2013 challenge by SharonB is raised cross stitch flower. This is a new stitch for me. This challenge is showing new ways of working on familiar stitches.
The sampler –

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1.In these samples the stitch is worked in different sizes[first four], in two colours and with different threads.

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2.In these samples I varied the cross stitches –ablong , wide, double ,upright, triangle, and star-and worked over them.

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3.Motif patterns were tried by placing the cross stitches differently. The last motif differs from the second motif, with upright cross stitches worked in pink.

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