This is a bag I am working on . I am incorporating the TAST stitches into this piece. I am having fun with this piece and letting the fabric pattern tell me where the stitching should go. (Sounds nutty right? But the fabric speaks to my creative side) .
These photos show some of the ways I used the sheaf stitch on the bag. My favorite is the spot motif above. I will be adding beads to this motif. It is stitched in size 12 perle cotton. I am going to stitch this motif again and try it with different thread weights to see what it does to change the look of it.
This is my sample stitched on Aida cloth to explore the stitch possibilities. I used various thread weight to work this sample. I also varied the number and lengths of the legs to creat different variations.
I'm playing catch up on my stitching projects this week. I've been working on other things and haven't had time for stitching. I'm so happy to be catching up and have fun with the challenge stitches. Soooo, let's get right to the photos.
This first photo is a flower stitched with 25 wrap bullions and 2 strands of floss. The center of the flower will have a button when I get to that phase of stitching. I like to wait to add buttons and beads until the thread work is done or nearly done to prevent the hassles of trying to hoop around them.
The next photo is a group of flowers that I call spoke flowers for lack of a better name for them. They are 25 wrap bullions from Size 12 perle cotton. They will have beads added to the centers later.
This next photo is a nice seam treatment from size 8 perle cotton inspired by Sharon's samples. The bullion knots are 50 wraps. After stitching all the bullions I added a row of chain stitch along each side with the same perle cotton thread.
I really like the look I got from this, it kind of reminds me of some of the braid type trims I have in my stash.
I really like the things that can be done with bullion knots and I do use them often. Look at my previous posts to see a dimensional piece that also has bullion knots.
I really like this stitch. The sample I stitched was really fun for me. I have not seen this stitch before so I stitched a row to get the mechanics of it before I started playing with it. My favorite is the bottom row with the yellow beads in the center of the row.
I'm all caught up on the challenge stitches finally.
This is a small sample to get the groove of the stitch. I needed to use a heavier thread for this aida cloth I can see too much canvas for my taste.
This butterfly is long and short stitch for the inside of the wings and cast on stitch to frame the wings. Bullion knots make up the body and head. I was very pleased with the results of this sample.
