TAST2010 21.Slipped detached chain

How lazy am I? the tast2010 is on its 37th week , and Iam posting  the stitch from 21st week.

 the stitch is quite simple,done properly looks like a tulip.Mine was everything else but Tulip.let’s see the stitch samples-

slip.de chain-1

first I tried the stitch, used different colours and angles to form a line,with  cretan stitch, and inside 2 lines of arrowhead stitch.

slip de chain-2

I tried to do geometrical [triangle?square?diamond?] shaped motifs with this stitch. One important thing is that- our focus should be on the idea behind this sampler rather than the sampler itself!

slip de chain-3

Now the stitch is  in a line,then they are facing away from each other,arranging themselves inside feather stitch,falling in a line of  laced buttonhole.later 2 times falling in line[ this could be used  as  filling stitch also].

slip de chain-4

The stitch and its inverse in a row with a straight stitch thrown in between.the stitch on top of fan shaped buttonhole stitch, in between buttonhole wheel stitch,Thought this stitch looked like a fish, made  them swim on 6 rows of running stitch[ this can also be filling stitch]

slip de chain-5

The stitch done inbetween cross stitches,then some individual variations of the stitch, used twisted chain stitch and arranged some beads.

slip de chain-6

These two motifs I can wholly agreed to have copied the ideas of fellow members of the TAST 2010 challenge from flickr.

 the samplers now-

slip de chain st sampler -1

slip de chain st sampler-2

slip de chain st sampler

 I enjoyed doing this stitch, though I couldn’t stick to my 4 inch  sampler, trying more variations kept me on the track.

 

TAST 2010 Week 20. Buttonhole wheel cup

The 20th week stitch of  the stitch challenge-TAST 2010 is buttonhole wheel cup.

Earlier in  this challenge, we had done raised cup st and buttonhole bullion flower st. So I am not left with many choices for variations.the stitch sampler-

 I started with making some individual variations-

Buttonhole wheel cup st-1

Added-Spider’s wheel,2 rows of buttonhole wheel, palistrina st, detached chain,fly st and quarter buttonhole wheel cup[Can I call it that?]-

Buttonhole wheel cup st-2

3 wheels touching each other,bead in the centre, beads outside the st,oval version of the stitch.After these experiments,I started arranging this stitch  in lines,

Since it took 2 journeys to complete the stitch,I made short rows.

Half buttonhole wheel, quarter wheel,variation of quarter wheel,half wheels arranged front and back.

buttonhole wheel cup-3

Here I did up and down version,tried weaving around the quarter wheel variation,then kept adding half wheels, to form a row, later made 3 cuncurrent wheels .

buttonhole wheel cup-4

Half wheels go around the stitch to form a pattern[?], My idea of using this stitch as a leaf , fell flat because, I used violet colour thread. Now for the full sampler-

buttonhole wheel cup st sampler

 

 Though I tried a few variations,the overall effect is not very neat

Less of – patience,or mastery over the stitch,or creative energy,or correct thread tension.

Anyone or combination of the above could be the reason.

After saying this, I ‘ll move on to the next stitch-

Slipped detached chain

 

TAST 2010 18. Wave stitch

Iam participating in the stitch challenge  TAST2010 by Sharon.B

the 18th week stiitch is wave stitch,it appears similar to cloudfilling , which was also in this challenge.

 This is a filling stitch.And Iam doing band samplers. So, I made thin rows of this stitch-

 Started with the basic stitch,

Then went on to see how this stitch will look shaded.

wave st samp-1

On this row I started with single strand of cotton skein, and kept adding more thickness ,while I went down.

 Now In this ,the 1st line was normal, but I made the stitch on the 2nd line short and long.

I tried making some pattern with this stitch and detached chain stitches.

Wave st samp-2

 To form this row, 2 lines of this stitch is made with space inbetween.Then a small straight st is added there,to work the pink thread.now 2 lines of this stitch again.

 I got the inspiration from  sample  done  on the flickr galery of this challenge.She had done this stitch in free form, -first I  decreased the height of the stitches on the subsequent lines and on the right side, I increased the height of the stitches.

Wave st samp-3

 In this row I decreased the number of stitches to half on the second line.

Now, I increased the numder of  stitches on the subsequent lines.

Wave st samp-4

I tried varying the height of the stitches on the second line, As you can’t say it is pretty, I added some detached chain.

Instead of moving as a wave on the 1st line,I  did one stitch straight  and the next stitch slant.I followed this pattern on the second line too.

Wave st samp-5

On this row fly stitches are added  to the valleys made by wave stitch.

I became real adventurous now, added same detached wave on the second row . [was not a great idea.]

I wanted to do some diamond patterns with this stitch.

Wave st samp-6

Now I shouted ‘ENOUGH’ and did a row  of what this stitch is meant for- filling stitch.

 Added some fly stitches,upright crosses, small squares, straight stitches,detached chain on the free spaces.

wave st samp-7

With that I finish this sampler-

Wave st sampler-1

which is continued-

Wave st sampler-2

Though I have done a few trials of this stitch,The actual working of the stitch is not very  perfect., A marked fabric would have helped, maybe.

Anyway , Let’s move on,

This journey is quite long.

 

TAST 2010 16.Italian knotted border st.

This week’s challenge stitch of the TAST 2010 was very interesting.It blends itself to many possibilities. I tried only a few-

To start off, I tried this stitch for the first time.

next line, the narrow and wide version of this stitch is alternated.

3rd line-as you can see, one stitch is short  and next one long.

I tried varying the heights  of the stitch.

 In this- 2 lines of the stitch, facing each other.

Italian border st samp-1

 Next, just two lines of the stitch.

 this stitch is a trial of  decorative seam,just by adjusting the placement of the stitch.

Arranged the stitch in a semi- circle.

Italian border st samp-2

detached chain st ,fly stitch  are added to a line of this st.

The line is made of the stitch in 2 colours.

A line where I alternated between the basic stitch and its inversion, embellished with beads.

Laced this line with a thicker thread.

I whipped the last line of this stitch.

Italian border st samp-3

 

This is a very beautiful stitch., can be used in place of fly stitch as a decoration.

The stitch will look better if done on an evenweave.

 I keep changing the fabric, to see how each stitch appears on them.

And my personal library of stitches is also growing.

 My sampler-

Italian border st sampler

 

TAST2010 13.Raised cup stitch

The 13th week stitch  of the TAST2010 Challenge by Sharon is Raised cup st.

I have never tried stitches of this type,earlier for stitch explorer challenge, I tried trellis st and casalguidi st, but I can’t say I have totally explored or mastered these 2 stitches.

 This time around, I did not get many ideas, just tried the st over and over with different threads-

1.large triangle- similar to pearl cotton.

2.rim jim thread

3.3 strands cotton skein

4.small pearl cotton

5.6 strands cotton skein

6.wool.

7.varigated cotton skein 6 strands.

Raised cup st samp-1

Raised cup st sampler -1

the next picture is the close up of the few variations I tried-

Raised cup st samp-2

In these variations, I just added  some detached chain sts,fly st,  and some straight sts.

 The sampler-

raised cup st sampler

 

TAST 2010 11.Bullion buttonhole stitch

The 10th week stitch of the TAST2010 challenge is  cloud filling . It looks similar to 18th week  wave stitch.So I’ll post this stitch later.

The 11th week stitch is Bullion buttonhole st.This name is also quite  long.

Iam happy about one thing, Iam now comfortable  with bullion,it really helps using milliner needle.

The first 3 pictures are of the original stitch variations, The others are with embellishments.

On these 4 lines ,I just varied the height of the bullions.

Bullion buttonhole-1The 6th line is alternated with v-shapped bullion and normal bullion. The next line is whipped version of the stitch. Bullion buttonhole -2

TAST 2010 9. Raised herringbone band

This week’s TAST2010 challenge stitch has along name.It is longer than variations I have tried! LOL!.

I started with 4 variations, thinking  I’ll add some more while stitching, But after doing  4 lines of satin stitch,I  decided 4 is more than enough!

The basic lines-

9. Rais her band-1

The first line is laced with thin zari border[the idea was better on  mind than on fabric]

9.Rais her band samp-2

the 2nd line,I tried a lighter colour thread in 6strands-the effect was not very appealing.The next 2 lines I tried with six atrands of cotton skeins it was better.

9.R H B samp-3

For these 2 lines I added beads -

9.R H B samp-4

And my Raised herringbone band sampler in it’s full glory!

9 raised herringbone band sampler

P S : -Next time if there is a stitch which needs satin stitch base, I’ll try 2or 3 variations on the same line!

 

TAST 2010 8.Fancy hem stitch

SharonB is started  a very interesting  needlework  challenge  TAST2010  this week’s stitch is fancy hem st..

This stitch looks like a filling stitch, I used it as a line stitch  because I am doing the stitches in this  challenge as band sampler.

I did not get too many ideas- starting with the sampler-

Fancy hem st sam-1

I stitched  fly stitch on second line and added beads and sequins-

Fancy hem stitch sampler-2

For the 3rd line-3 rows of fancy hem stitch-in between I couched a single strand of thread.Again added some gold beads-

Fancy hem st samp-3

The last line is 2 rows of the stitch,filling the gap with cross stitches,and embleshing with copper bugle beads-

Fancy hem stitch sampler-4

 My completed  sampler-

Fancy hem stitch sampler

Going on with the next stitch of this challenge.

 

6.Buttonhole eyelet flower TAST 2010

Bullion stitch has started the chasing game again with me.

When I encountered bullion in TAST 1 challenge, I got scared,

A few times earlier, I have had my very bad days with  bullion st.This time I decided, I ‘ll struggle with it. I ‘ll do all the necessary steps,whatever the result may be,This will be my version of bullion.

Thought of trying  some variations ,I started with  a few  buttonwhole wheels-

6. buttonholeeyeletsampler -1

This sampler is in blue.I can’t procrastinate any more, I have to sart my bullion st.

6.but -eye -flo sampler2

Itried with beads too. I tried mixing other stitches with  my bullions[They are really my bullions,because they do have some peculiar charecteristics]A few more-

6.but-eye-flo sam-3

.this time I tried the stitch around the flower at last, till now they turned away from the buttonhole.

6.but-eye-flo-samp-4

This is  the whole sampler. Though the sampler is completed, I need to work more, but I can definitely postpone now.

6.but-eye-flo-samp-5

 

4. Portugese border stitch

4. portugese border st -2

Iam skipping the 3. hedebo bead st for the timebeing.

Working on the fourth week st of the stitch Challenge TAST 2010 was a breeze.I chose a bluish green grey[ If there is such a colour], but which is seen as plain grey in photos.

I explored this stitch with various threads-different strands of Cotton skein, perle cotton 8,and some local thread.It gave an opportunity to practice this stitch-

4. portugese border st -1

The next variation – I tried doing the stitch vertically, not different at all! just looked like individual stitches.-

4.portugese border st

Added some beads,  tried alternating the threads, and played a little with the  basic band stitches-

4.Portugese border st-3

And my sampler of Portugese border st-

4. Portugese border st sampler

At present Iam also working on tunics.