Filed under: 25 astitches in 25 Days, Serendipity - Stitching Club with Ellen Johnson
This exploration of 25 stitches was fun. I discovered a couple of new ones.
Day 21. Downward Diamond Ray Stitch
If you don’t work this from the top down, forget about it. This Weeks Dye Works, 2141 Lagoon, has a nice variation for leaves on a tree.
Day 22. Framed Cashmere Stitch
This is a pretty stitch using Impressions 181 Ocean Breeze and Kreink #8 Braid 1432 making it sparkle. I especially like it in an offset variation.
Day 23. Patterned Three Stitches
I see a basket would look great in this stitch with Watercolours 234 Celestial Blue. But even more so in two colors of DMC Pearl #5. Alternating both colors while moving left to right allowed me to work up from clean holes, so that was easier. But compensation on the rectangle was tough. I’m quite sure the bottom edge is correct and more sure that the top edge is wrong. But, this is just practice. So, I am not worried about it. If I add a little green stem, I would have a flower in a basket. Thanks to one of the ladies in the Serendipity community who called it a hydrangea.
Day 24. Skip Tent Stitch
I do like this stitch on a painted canvas for a background. I used a couple of Copic markers to color the canvas.
The tent stitch is small, and so it recedes for a good background stitch. And the paint shows through. I used Watercolours 234 Celestial Blue, which has some color change but not a whole lot.
Day 25. Velvet Stitch
Another Turkeywork-like stitch. I don’t do much that uses Turkeywork, but it’s been educational to try these three methods over the last 25 days. Top left is Jump Through the Loop Turkey Work Stitch. The bottom left is Surrey Stitch. The bottom right is the Velvet Stitch.
There was a Zoom call today with some of the participants (77) who shared their progress. Lots of great color combinations. A couple of people did full squares of each stitch. More did partial samples. Some are taking longer to complete the process. There were a few that were so organized that they created a notebook to store diagrams, samples, and notes. My samples are mostly partial ones and stored in a zip lock bag, but that’s why I detail them on my blog.
The coolest one was from Deborah M, who used a geometric painted canvas with the different stitches in different areas. Very nicely color coordinated. Later, she shared a photo in the Serendipity community. I was able to get a better view of it and could see just enough to see it was an Eye Candy canvas, Juicy Fruit Puzzle. Doing 5 five rows of 5 stitches in a 1″ square was not where I wanted to spend my time, but I might have stitched the canvas she showed. I think I will be visiting this page for a future project when Ellen teaches different stitches.
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