Tuesday 31 January 2012

TAST WEEK 5 Herring bone stitch

Hi Friends,
 Sharon from Pintangle  has announced Herring Bone stitch,  for this week TAST. 
This is the motif I seelcted for Herring Bone Stitch.



The Stem is also stitched with Herring bone stitch.


The speciality of this motif is, it is completely stitched with Herring bone stitch.
Thank you for Visiting.
Cheers
Savitha.

Thursday 26 January 2012

Cretan Stitch Motif Completed

Hi Friends,
I somehow managed to complete the motif the flowers and Leaves are stitched with cretan stitch.
Flowers
 Leaves
 The whole motif

Cheers
Savitha.

Tuesday 24 January 2012

TAST Week - 4 - Cretan stitch

Hi Friends,
I'm posting the first post of Week -4 of Sharon's TAST challenge. The work is still in progress, I'm posting as I stitch along. This is the design I choose to stitch.
 First flower  filled with Cretan Stitch



I have done one more motif on cretan stitch, you see it here. After posting the photos, I have a doubt, have I done the right stitch, or not?
Cheers
Savitha.

Sunday 22 January 2012

TAST Week-3 Feather Stitch.

Hi Friends,
Here are some of my experiments on Feather Stitch for TAST 2012 week 3.  Its a free hand embroidery without any tracing of designs. This is my first attempt and turned out better. It is a Thorny bush with little blooms.



I have made the floor also with feather stitch.but a little bit messy. turned out well.


Thank you for visiting my blog
Cheers
Savitha.

Tuesday 10 January 2012

Button Hole stitch Flowers

I have tried some flowers with Button hole wheels.
Here are the pictures



Cheers
Savitha.

TAST Week -2 Button Hole Stitch

Hi Friends,
Sharon has announced the Button Hole stitch as the for this weks TAST.
Here is my Button hole stitch motif



More experiments to come.
cheers
Savitha

My Sampler -1

I have prepared a sampler. The pictures are here. 
 Plain Fly stitch
 Fly stitch with a knot
 Whipped Fly Stitch
 Fly stitch- stitched very closely

Fly stitch in a semi circle.

Cheers
Savitha

Sunday 8 January 2012

Fly Stitch -2

Hi Friends,
This is my second version of Fly stitch,  With a Knot or a Twist, I don't know what to say.   But this whole design is made of Fly stitch.

The below picture shows how the knot is made in the Fky stitch.


Next I tried the center of the flower also with fly stitch, it turned out very well.


The pictures below shows how I worked the center of the flower.


I was able to do only two motifs. Simultaneously I was preparing a Sampler for TAST 2012, to record all the stitches.  I will post the pictures of it later. But eagerly waiting for the next stitch to be annouced by Sharon. only one more day to go.............
Cheers
Savitha.

Wednesday 4 January 2012

TAST - 2012 -Fly Stitch Week -1

Hi Friends,
This is my first TAST challenge. Sharon has announced Fly Stitch for the first week. The design I selected for Fly stitch is this.

 Here are some of my experiments on Fly stitch to make the flower look more the way it is.



The first one looked better than the second one. so I decided to stitch all the flowers with the first version of the fly stitch.
The completed motif.I have used french knots to fill the center of the flowers and stem stitch for the stems. The leaves are made of plain fly stich.

The  Flowers are  made of Fly stitch, these photos show how to make the flower.




Thank you for visiting my blog.  And All the Best for your TAST too.
Cheers,
Savitha.




Sunday 1 January 2012

Happy New Year.

Hi Friends,
Wish you and your Family a very Happy New Year.
Cheers
Savitha.