This completes another "page" in my TAST sampler, the fifth for 2013:
This stitch, the Reversed Buttonhole Bar, done four ways... It wasn't difficult (other than my usual inability to stitch a good circle, that is) once I got the tension down. I like the look, especially in the circles - it would make great flowers! This completes another "page" in my TAST sampler, the fifth for 2013: This page includes stitches 82 through 94: Spanish Feather, Siennese, Spiked KNotted Cable Chain, Raised Cup, Turkman, two approaches to Buttonhole Picot, Twisted Satin, Twisted Satin with bead, Straight Feather and two variations, and revised Buttonhole Bar.
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These three stitches are the Straight Feather (#91) and two variations (## 92 and 93). Here is the Straight Feather Stitch: variation #1, the Crossed Feather Stitch: and variation #2, the Plaited Feather Stitch: I stitched them side by side on my stitch sampler page and you can see how they compare here: I also caved and went stitchery surfing on Black Friday and bought a few things. Four new charts on sale for 20% off, for example: I've been wanting one of these Vickery Collection Celtic crosses (I bought the Celtic Garden Cross as well as the Celtic September and Celtic December) for some time, so this seemed a good idea. And I couldn't resist Chatelaine's. Celtic Garden Mandala. I have no idea when I'll stitch ANY of these!
There were also some beads in this shipment for my final BJP of 2013 (Some may also show up on my December Crazy Quilt Journal block as well!) I bought some 12/0 magnificas to add some dimension to my seed bead collection (Christmas Green, Cherry Red, White Opal, Silver Fox, Opal Honey and Opalescent Periwinkle ) ... also 20% off! What can I say? 'Tis the Season! These two stitches are variants of the Twisted Satin Stitch --- the Twisted Satin Stitch makes up the cross and the vertical row of stitches in the picture below while the Twisted Satin Stitch with Bead is the four stitches in the row at the bottom: The beads are a cloudy clear color so they don't show up well in this photo...
Two stitches this week ---actually two variants of the same stitch --- the buttonhole picot. I think I got the first variant right --- one that uses a bullion knot, but my tension suffers in this one and since I HATE bullion knots, that meant a lot of undoing and redoing to get the short line of stitch done. However... you can see this one on the left: On the right is a failed attempt at the second variant, one using chain stitches. I couldn't make sense of the instructions, I fear, probably because I stitches this late at night. I only used one chain, instead of two or three because I simply couldn't figure out how to do more than one. Anyway, it's on the right.
This week's stitch was the Turkman stitch and here is my sample: Again, it looks sort of, but not quite like, the example in the tutorial...
This stitch, the Raised Cup Stitch is the latest in the Take a Stitch series of tutorials.
My attempt is somewhat pathetic --- I have trouble seeing the stitches and am not sure but that I made my knots too tight and too close together. The second one, a little smaller to start with, was an attempt to make it flare by doubling the number of second row stitches, Didn't work; just got taller, but it looks better than my first attempt. Oh well... Yet another on this page of stitches that needs a do over... #84 - Spiked Knotted Cable Chain: http://pintangle.com/2013/10/01/take-a-stitch-tuesday-84-spiked-knotted-cable-chain/ My somewhat "wrong" version of stitch #84: and I think I know where I went wrong on this one...
Stitch #82 is the Spanish Feather Stitch and here are two attempts --- which didn't quite work: I might attack this one again later this week...
Here's my take on the second variation of Raised Chain Stitch (Stitch # 81 of Take a Stitch Tuesday): and here is page 4 for 2013, which includes stitches 74 - 81 (Zig Zag Chain, Woven Zig Zag Chain, Vandyke Stitch, Woven Cross Stitches, Cloud Filling, Chained Cross Stitch, Raised Chain Stitch version 1 and Raised Chain Stitch Version 2):
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