I used one of Sharon’s Friday Freebie designs to see how the stitch would work on curves.
I liked it when I did the 2 strand green DMC sections. I had to add the beads by hand as the needle wouldn’t pass through.
The buds/flowers? were a little harder as the pattern was curved both in and out and my stitches tended to veer away from the lines You can see some black print underneath. The buds were stitched with crochet thread, about perle 12 thickness and the beads are thick with large holes so the needle could pass through. I prefer the smaller beads as they sit better.
These examples worked on Aida cloth were from Tast 2, week 3
If you wish to learn about TAST-Take A Stitch Tuesday, please visit http://pintangle.com/tast-faq/
Sharon has some lovely free designs. You challenged yourself with a difficult one; those curves of the buds that go both in and out.
I DO LOVE the purple filling you made for TAST2. How did you make the red ones join in the centre? Wonderful work!!!
By: Queeniepatch on October 4, 2012
at 2:43 pm
Queenie that is a good question. I’ve forgotten, so I’ll have to check the original.
It appears that I made 4 cast-ons and caught them together in the centre of the square. I added the blue bead in one square.
By: crazyqstitcher on October 5, 2012
at 6:49 am
A really pretty stitch and your samples are gorgeous Maureen 🙂
x
By: Barbara on October 4, 2012
at 8:29 pm
Thank you Barbara
By: crazyqstitcher on October 5, 2012
at 6:49 am
You really have some creative samples in your two images. I think the purple is my favorite also. I had the same issue with the needle going through the beads. I used larger beads, I believe they are 6º. I’m anxious to see how others dealt with this.
By: Connie Eyberg on October 4, 2012
at 9:08 pm
Thank you Connie.I like the purple best also.
I had to test quite a few beads before choosing one sort.
By: crazyqstitcher on October 5, 2012
at 6:53 am
Your hedebo stitching looks great. Haven’t tried it yet but hope to have a go at it this evening.
By: Jeannette on October 5, 2012
at 1:39 am
Thank you Jeanette. working on Aida first time was easier.
By: crazyqstitcher on October 5, 2012
at 6:53 am
What a lot of stitching, must have taken quite a while to do it all and it looks great! I had trouble with the needle going through the beads too, so like Connie, I found some bigger ones.
By: ljcillustration on October 5, 2012
at 4:16 am
Thank you ljcillustration. surprisingly it did not take as long to do the new one as I thought it might.
By: crazyqstitcher on October 5, 2012
at 6:55 am
wonderful samples of this stitch. very inspiring .
Chitra
By: jizee6687 on October 5, 2012
at 4:24 am
Thank you Chitra, I look forward to seeing your samples.
By: crazyqstitcher on October 5, 2012
at 6:55 am
beautiful friday freebie and your samples are so well done
By: severine14 on October 6, 2012
at 8:21 pm
Thank you Severine.
By: Maureen on October 7, 2012
at 9:31 am
You’ve stitched a wonderful sampler again.My favorite is the circle with butterfly(?) beads.Well done Maureen!
By: Anita on October 7, 2012
at 2:20 am
These are gorgeous designs for this stitch Maureen.
By: Maggie on October 15, 2012
at 3:51 pm
To be honest Maggie, I feel I was better the first time around with the stitch. Working on Aida cloth is a big help and the curves of the new design was tricky.
By: Crazyqstitcher on October 15, 2012
at 4:19 pm