These are continuing and I’m doing my scribbles with them.
The last three are:
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| Bonnet Stitch |
Bonnet Stitch
This is an old stitch that is not too well known. I had never
heard of it but I managed to do it. I thought I would have a difficult time
with it but it actually went quite well.
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| Up and Down Buttonhole Stitch |
This was a little more difficult for me to get going on. I
had to view a video of someone (Mary Corbet of needlenthread.com) working this
stitch with my laptop upside down to get the left hand aspect of it. Worked it
awhile before figuring out the best way to hold my hoop and work the stitch.
Now I like it. Oh the joys of being left handed!
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| Basque Stitch |
I watched a video (Mary Corbet of needlenthread.com) for
this stitch too. It actually went quite well. I left my scribble mark so you
could see the way the stitch went around the sharper points. I only had one
line not two lines to stitch between.
FLOSS BOBBINS
These were in fact far worse than the other brand I had purchased. You can see in the photo (you may need to enlarge it) that they had all kinds of problems even the slots for anchoring the threads were bad. Tsk, tsk, DMC, maybe it would have been better if you had sent them back to the manufacturer as inferior quality rather than offer them to your customers as “free”. Now I’m nervous that they are dumping their high quality products for cheaply made ones. I hope not!!
EMBROIDERY HOOPS WITH SCREWS
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| New Oval Hoop |
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| Oval Hoop with Plastic Cover |
I recently found two new oval hoops. I prefer the oval shape
when stitching as my hand can hold it better. These secured the fabric better
than my wood ones and all I had to do to protect my threads from the screw is
cut a longer piece of the plastic tubing. The only think about this style of
hoop is the ridge on the inside ring. I would not leave my fabric in the hoop
for very long. (You are should remove the fabric at the end of your stitching
session anyway.) But it you stitch for a long period of time I would recommend
releasing the fabric every now and again (30 minutes?). Sometimes though I set
mine down to do something quick and don’t always get back to it like I had
planned. I’ll let you know how it works – I will be damp stretching my work for
sure.
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| Inside hoop |
NEW PROJECT
Yes you read right, as if I didn’t have enough going on all
ready! But I took another online class, what can I say the price was right!
This one was from Big Picture Classes called “Happy Go Lucky Stitchalong “
taught by Amy Powers. We’ve been working on a grid of 25 1 and ½ inch squares
using mainly six strands of floss. I’ve never worked that small and I’ve never
used that many strands at once. So this was a new experience for me. I’ve only
done 5 of my squares. I’ll post more about this project later.
Happy Stitching!
Rose
