Saturday, February 13, 2010

Embroidery class

I went to embroidery class at Clay, Wood and Cotton this morning taught by the very talented Cal Patch. I was hoping that I could learn a few new stitches to spice up my cross-stitch-- and I was not disappointed! We each made a little sampler of stitches. We started with the running stitch:


Then we practiced the backstitch:


Then we learned the outline stitch. It was a bit of work, but I love the way it looks.


Cross-stitch was next. I picked that up pretty quick. :)


Then blanket stitch:


Chain stitch:


Daisy chain:


French knot:


Bullion stitch. This was a hard one, and I'm a little grossed out by its resemblance to an inch worm:


Satin stitch. This is a really handy filler stitch.


Applique using blanket stitch. I heart this one.


And here they are all together!


2 comments:

  1. YAY! what a great documentation of the class! your sampler came out so lovely, and i can't wait to see the wild freeform creations you make next ;n)

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  2. I'm loving that applique blanket stitch!! =)

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