Melitastitches4fun's Blog

In April 2021, I blogged about Leftover Threads and The Arte Johnson Stitch using some of my leftover threads from my EGA Master Craftsman bargello project.

Shortly after my initial post (https://melitastitches4fun.com/2021/04/16/leftover-threads-and-the-arte-johnson-stitch/), I added one more thread, an overdyed green thread, Watercolours 206 Guacamole. I’d been stitching with random selections of 9 different threads using different numbers of 18″ lengths of thread before switching colors.

It turns out that I set this piece aside for 5 years! It was tucked away out of sight and out of mind until cleaning up for some house painting.

I am hoping to obtain an Impressionistic, watercolor effect. The original way Arte Johnson did this was to use 2 different threads in the same needle. So, this is producing a different effect due to the larger areas of color. While it is not wowing me, I’m also not disliking it. It’s easy stitching and surfaced just in time for me to work on during a Zoom call and when I need something mindless.

I’ll see how far I can go with my threads in these colors to form a rectangle and then decide what to do with it. Clutch bag perhaps?