Thursday, February 2, 2012

TAST Week 5: Herringbone Stitch

This week over at Sharon Boggons' Pin Tangle, the challenge was to learn the herringbone stitch. I don't mind admitting that this stitch has given me fits in the past. I don't know why, but I had to constantly look at the directions for left-handers while I stitched and it took many, many tries before I was able to just stitch without consulting those directions. I think I finally have the basic stitch down. I did try to do some more advanced work, but it's still not in my comfort area. I'm going to continue practicing until I can produce the stitch that reminds me of chicken wire. Meanwhile, I found one of the blocks  I'd prepared for a beading class I took with Nancy Eha this summer and hadn't used. So now I have that as my second practice cloth before moving on to my miniature CQ.
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13 comments:

  1. You have overcome your herringbone problem as these samples show. They are well done.
    All the seams on the blocks are very nice.

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  2. Yes, this stitch is easy for the fence and other border...very good work! Il like it!

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  3. Beautiful! I really like how you made "flowers" on your second sample! You should write a book on this - your illustrations are terrific.

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  4. Nice stitching. You are doing great in this challenge. Kathy

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  5. you are making a masterpiece fantastic
    Hugs
    Susan

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  6. Your stitching is lovely, as is what you're stitching on!

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  7. Lovely stitching on lovely blocks.

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  9. Your embroidery is beautiful! I used to do a lot of crewel work when I was young, but I'm out of practice. I'd love to take it up again.

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