Friday, February 12

New favourite stitches



Here are two of my latest favourite stitches. On the left a  (slightly wonky, it was my first) Blanket Stitch Pinwheel. I couldn't find an online 'how to' but this video tutorial for a Buttonhole Stitch Wheel  shows pretty much how it's done. And on the right on the basket a Basket Weave Stitch. A lovely fill stitch for filling ehm...baskets for example! I don't think you will need a video tutorial for that! ;) So have you learned any new stitches lately? Let me know!

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Update: Sarah of the Handembroidery Network pointed out her tutorial of the Buttonhole Wheel. Go check it out! Thanks Sarah. :)
2nd Update: O.k. folks sorry for my ignorance but today I learned that the Buttonhole Stitch and the Blanket Stitch are actually one and the same. Sorry for the confusion. Or maybe I was the only one that was confused here. ;)


6 comments:

  1. You should take a look at Sharon B's Inaminuteago. She's got a great stitch dictionary. I've learned a lot from her site!

    http://inaminuteago.com/stitchindex.html

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  2. Hi Melissa, I've actually got her dictionary somewhere in my sidebar! I've checked but the stitches I showed here weren't there. :) They are in two wonderful Embroidery Stitch books I have though: The Stitches of Creative Embroidery and the A-Z of Embroidery.

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  3. Brenda Ryan on my sidebar has a tutorial for the blanket stitch in a circle!!!

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  4. @missPaula couldn't find that particular link on your site so if you have a link please let us know!

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  5. Hi, Nicole! Thanks for the link to my video tutorial! The blanket stitch pinwheel and buttonhole stitch wheel are exactly the same stitch, actually, just different names.

    I love that little basket - it's absolutely perfect! Adorable!

    I bought a couple of your etsy patterns a while back for my niece to stitch. She loves them. I think she's working on the Princess and the Pea right now!

    Best regards,
    Mary Corbet
    www.needlenthread.com

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  6. Thank you Mary, I found out this morning that the button hole stitch and blanket stitch are one and the same! Your video tutorials are great by the way and I often recommend them to my customers. :) Good to hear your niece enjoys my patterns!

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