Thursday, 16 July 2015

Stitch tutorial - Threaded stitch

Another beautiful stitch tutorial...



Step 1 – Work two rows of straight stitches as shown.




Step 2 – Thread the needle with a second colour thread and bring it up close to the first stitch of the top row.



Step 3 – Pass the needle through the first stitch of the top row from left to right without picking up the ground fabric as shown.


Step 4 – Pass the needle through the second and first stitches of the bottom row from right to left as shown.



Step 5 – Pass the needle through the next stitch of the top row from left to right without picking up the ground fabric as shown.


Step 6 - Pass the needle through the next set of stitches (third and second stitches) of the bottom row from right to left as shown.




Step 7 – Repeat steps 5 and 6 until end.





                                                                     Happy stitching!
Anita

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

laces...

I've added only very few stitches both to the cross stitch garland/wreath and iris projects...more on that that next time...
lately I've been spending more time with shuttles and hooks :-) ..finished some laces,edgings and a doily from an Ondori book.
                                         

                                          
                            

                            

                            

Happy stitching!
Anita

Thursday, 11 June 2015

Stitch tutorial - Threaded running stitch


A simple yet beautiful running stitch variation...



Step 1 – Work two rows of aligned running stitches as shown.









Step 2 – Bring the needle and thread up close to the first stitch of the bottom row.









Step 3 – Pass the needle under the first running stitch as shown.









Step 4 – Pull the needle and pass it under first stitches of both the rows from top as shown









Step 5 – Repeat steps 3 and 4 until end.








Happy stitching!
Anita