I managed to miss the Up&down buttonhole on the first TAST challenge.I got caught here. Initially thought this was a hard stitch,but later found this was not so.
this sampler is also on checked fabric, I had some gingham cloth left over from stitch explorer challenge, chicken scratch.
I tried the stitch in ,2, 4,and 6 strands,then did a 3-step feather stitch.
up&down feather st-1
I extended the 2nd stitch on this row.
Varied the width alternatively.
Made the second stitch shorter than the first.
Did the stitch in 2 colours.
up&down feather st-2
In this row, I went down twice[LOL].
Going down twice, added some bugle beads too.
Laced with thread ,
made this stitch in 4 steps[is this the right way of saying this?]
Now thought, How can I use this stitch on closed feather stitch?
Up and down feather stitch-3
Another variation of- Up& down closed feather stitch, quite a handful is n’t it?[because I am typing]
Mixture of closed feather stitch and up&down feather stitch, with beads too.
Here I added arrowhead st on top and bottom.
up&down feather st-4
this one is with detached chain
Stitched beads at different points on this row.
Three rows of this stitch,This could have been used for up&down buttonhole stitch too.
up&down feather stitch -5
Now for the full sampler-
Up&down feather st samp-1
On this following part of this sampler, a part was left out of the close up.
Two rows , I changed the direction of the stitch,
Then did 3 rows of stitch in different heights.-
Up&down feather st samp-2
the last part of the full sampler-
up&down feather st samp-3
this was an easy stitch.And I enjoyed doing these variations. My personal library of stitches is growing.
