February 1, 2012 (page one)

Take a Stitch Tuesday 2012

Each Week, Sharon B at Pintangle posts a stitch, with instructions and variations for participants to play with, learn and experiment with. I'm planning a book, with 8.5 x 11" pages, one for each month's stitches... ksteyskal wrote on Feb 3 Just think of the crazy quilt you could make with all those fancy embroidery stitches! thatyankstitches wrote on Feb 4 - in fact, I did use three of these st…  (read more)

02 Feb 2012

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February 1, 2012 (page one)

January's Stitches (fly, buttonhole, feather, Cretan and herringbone).

01 Mar 2012

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March1, 2012 (page two)

February's "page": chevron, detached chain, chain and couched stitches.

01 Apr 2012

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April 1, 2012 (page three)

March's "page": running stitch, whipped wheel and barred chain.

31 Mar 2012

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"Spring Break" - mini-challenge 2

Spring Break mini-challenge, using chain, detached chain, whipped wheel, running stitch (pattern darning), couched stitches, buttonhole stitches, and fly stitches to create a landscape.

26 Apr 2012

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April 26 (Page 4)

Aprils' stitches - Satin stitch, stem stitch, French knots and wheatear stitch.

31 May 2012

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May 30 (page 5)

May's stitches - crossed buttonhole, half chevron, bullion knots, butterfly chain, and knotted Cretan stitches

09 Jun 2012

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Summer Break - mini-challenge

summer break mini-challenge using for the bands on the left couched stitch, chevron stitch, herringbone stitch, Cretan stitch, chain stitch; for a bouquet of flowers in the center detached chain stitch, buttonhole stitch, stem stitch, satin stitch and French Knots; and for the bands on the right running stitch, crossed buttonhole, and chained butterfly. completed June 8, 2012

29 Jun 2012

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June 28 (page 6)

June stitches - Wheeled buttonhole, Cabled Chain and Palestrina stitches

01 Aug 2012

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July 31, 2012 - page 7

For the month of July, the stitches were: Bonnet, Up-and-Down Buttonhole, Basque, Oyster and Algerian Eye stitches
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