Wednesday, May 30, 2012

TAST Week 21 and Week 22


Just didn't make it in time for TAST Week 21, so I decided to combine it with Week 22. Week 21 was something called the Butterfly Chain stitch and this week's, #22, is the Knotted Cretan stitch. Now, I love knots in embroidery, but I did not like this stitch! Very strange stitch and not enjoyable. 


The outer ring of the hexagon is the Butterfly Chain (I did mine a little differently than the original way) and the inner hexagon is the Knotted Cretan. I used a Cebelia 10 thread that I dyed myself for the big stitch quilting that I did for Michael's quilt 12 years ago. Sorry the link inside that post for that quilt doesn't work anymore. There is another link available, but I can't find it right now.


Enjoy!

Debbie

5 comments:

  1. that is so fun and beautiful...

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  2. You've made those Butterfly Chain Stitches stand out! A striking piece!

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  3. lovely1 I like the way you ahve used the beads.

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  4. Congratulations on being Highlighted by Sharon. I thought you would as this is such a simple yet stunning work. Well done!

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  5. Really like what you did with the Butterfly Chain and Knotted Cretan stitches!

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