Long and short stitch is not my favourite for embroidery as I have much difficulty keeping the curves right and the stitches laying nicely next to each other. While the overall effect might be okay, I KNOW I have not done it correctly and in the past I have been guilty of doing stem stitch instead to fill in my work.
This week because it is a challenge offered I have taken much time to do my best and here are my offerings.
My Koi you can see is rough skinned and looks quite nasty so beware and don’t pick at his looks. LOL
I am very pleased with the flower and leaves as they behaved well and I put this down to using a fine wool, which seems to suit the stitch. I find threads too thin and they leave gaps in the work so I have to go back and fill in.
Maureen your TAST is beautiful, I love the flower!
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You are complaining about nothing
By: Ati on June 22, 2007
at 4:51 pm
I especially like the goldfish. I am finding long nadf short stitch argH!! too.
By: Helen Ann on June 23, 2007
at 5:35 am
Beautiful work! Especially the fish
By: Gerry on June 23, 2007
at 5:49 am
Really lovely Maureen, the Koi is different and you certainly captured the fish in reality. LOve the top design and the bottom flower too.
By: delightfullycrazy on June 23, 2007
at 11:10 am
love the fish!
paid off
i think the effort
neki desu
By: neki rivera on June 23, 2007
at 8:50 pm
great work Maureen!
he does look like an angry fish!…love the flower
By: Julia on June 24, 2007
at 2:01 pm
What beautiful stitching and I love the first one.
By: Doreen on June 26, 2007
at 9:14 am
beautiful stitching!
By: Conni Jenkins on June 26, 2007
at 10:39 am
Those have come out lovely, but you’re right about your fish – he looks MEAN!=)
By: Elisabeth on June 27, 2007
at 8:26 am
wowee! Maureen, the secret to using one strand of floss is to use ONE strand and the thinnest needle you can find….with the smallest eye that you can put the thread through…..
these three motifs look fabulous! the koi is not nasty, the leaf and sqaure is just delightful and the flower and leaves are superb…so will you PUH-LEEEEEEEEEEEEZE recognize how good you are………….gggggg
By: katiejay on July 4, 2007
at 8:21 am
Hey Maureen I needed the instructions for this l n s stitch and your TAST came up. THANK YOU for blogging it and hopefully I can do my embroidery on my block tonight now.
By: Rose Anne on July 8, 2009
at 4:48 am