Stitchalong

[smallhobbit]

One thing I've been looking forward to now that I have more time available is to do more crafting.  To that end, when Lovecrafts (I website I use for patterns and purchases) promoted a free embroidery stitchalong I thought I'd have a go.  The only thing I bought was cheap fabric, the threads etc were left over from previous cross stitch kits.  It was an interesting, and time-consuming project - I learnt a lot, was pleased with what I achieved, although can see there's room for improvement, which hopefully will come when/if I have more practice.

Day One was long stitches to give the greenhouse background.  I ran out of black part way through, so changed to brown for the lower half (clearly half wood, half aluminium frame!)



Day two was basic backstitch for the first of the foliage;



Day three, more foliage, this time using lazy daisy stitch, which I like.



Day four the first of the flowers, with woven stitch and a stem stitch border.  I also like that one.



Day five, which took two days to complete, not a problem as it was the weekend, a mother-in-law's tongue with a sort of jagged satin stitch:



Day six and some dubious flowers done in satin stitch:



Day seven and the flowers look rather better with the foliage.  The stalks are twisted back stitch, which again I liked.



Day eight saw more foliage, this time a brickstitch stalk and herringbone leaves.  More stitches I can now add to my repertoire.



Day nine the last two flowers using a form of satin stitch - I'm getting better at it.  I used a twisted back stitch between the petals and centres to cover the odd edges.



Finally, day ten: the stamens on the flowers on the left are extended French knots, and I filled in the centres of the flowers on the right.  These were supposed to be French knots, but I felt they distracted from the woven stitch so just used a plain back stitch.



 

Comments

[shallowness]

Interesting to see the progression before the lovely final result. It sounds like a worthwhile project with learning new stitches.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. It was definitely a worthwhile project - I've learnt a lot, and I should be able to use the skills when I do something as a present at some point.