Saturday, April 7, 2012

TAST: The Lost Weeks


Although I've been busy trying to finish a year-long crazy quilting project, I have been keeping up with each week's TAST (Take a Stitch Tuesday) challenge. Unfortunately, my digital camera broke a few weeks ago and I just replaced it last weekend and now feel confident enough to actually use it. Since I last posted my work on TAST, we've had 4 new stitches and a catch up week. Week 10 was running stitch, one I haven't really used extensively in my crazy quilting. Week 11 was whipped wheel. It took a few false starts and stops, but I finally "got" this one and used it as filler for my bottom of the sea blocks. Week 12 was barred chain and alternating barred chain and I confess I had to do a major online search until I found a really good tutorial. Being left-handed is challenging and despite having several embroidery books designed for left-handers, I found the explanations tricky. I do like the barred chain stitch, though, and can see myself using it for any number of motifs in the future. Week 13, Sharon kindly offered a catch up week (she's very receptive to her students). That brings us up-to-date with week 14's stitch, the satin stitch. I've used this one before, but will readily admit that I need lots more practice. I decided to use satin stitch to make a spider for my beaded web.  It's far from perfect (the eyes and antenna make my spider seem a bit deformed), but I hope to find more opportunities to use this stitch in the future. So, there you have it. Ready for the next challenge. The examples of each stitch detailed above follow.







4 comments:

  1. Love these close up photos of your work Arlene. There sure is a lot of time put into those pieces. Beautiful for sure. Cookie

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  2. It's nice to see how you incorporate the different TAST stitches into your CQ blocks.nI am sure this will grow into a very beautiful quilt.

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  3. I adore your stunning stitching! Your pictures are wonderful - you certainly have mastered the new camera. One day I will be referring back to these TAST posts - I hope. I cannot wait to see your finished project!

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  4. Nice stitching and quilting! I'm a fellow TASTer. (...and as a bit of kismet, I live in a log home with 5 cats and my Italian-American husband.)

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