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Tast / week 28 sheaf stitch

nobody@vox.com(Susan) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:45:07 -0400

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 ...

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TAST / week 28 Sheaf stitch

nobody@vox.com(Susan) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:36:07 -0400

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.

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Tast / week 27 Bullion Knots

nobody@vox.com(Susan) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:45:13 -0400

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 fi...

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Tast week 26 / Half chevron stitch

nobody@vox.com(Susan) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:42:26 -0400

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 ...

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TAST week 25 / Long and short stitch

nobody@vox.com(Susan) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:33:04 -0400

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...

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Week 24 / French knots

nobody@vox.com(Susan) — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:36:06 -0400

I have very busy the last 2 weeks and just didn't find the time to blog my Samples for the French KNot, so I took the time today to play catch up on my blogging. Soooo , here is my first sample using the French knots. This is a trial run of a dim...

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Tast week 24 / French Knots

nobody@vox.com(Susan) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:28:34 -0400

I havent had time yet this week to create a new sample of French knots so here is a pic of a tree on the crazy quilt vest I am making for my mom. The leaves are all french knots . This is a pic of the "S" monogram on my granddaughters journal ...

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wheatear stitch bag front

nobody@vox.com(Susan) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:39:30 -0400

Yesterday I finished embellishing the front of the bag I described Saturday. I added running stitches and beading to give some sparkle. I really like the results I got . Maybe it wont be a gift after all, I might have to keep this one for myself. ...

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Tast - Week 23 Wheatear Stitch

nobody@vox.com(Susan) — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:04:21 -0400

This is my sample on 14 ct. Aida cloth. There are so many examples that I like on this one that I can't pick an absolute favorite. The first vertical row in pink is the base stitch. In the second vertical row in pink I added extra legs to it. I ...

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Tast / week 23 Wheatear stitch

nobody@vox.com(Susan) — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:45:37 -0400

I was very excited to see the challenge stitch for this week because I really like this one and Sharon's samples are truely inspiring. Please check out her blog and see for yourselves how great the samples are. I think I have another cell phone ...

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