I enjoy making this lace, it's a pity I don't have time for more experiments.
My blue sampler was the last one for week 4.
This is the first sampler for week 5.
I started this floral sampler in week 5 and finished it with some stitches of week 6. It was difficult to make a page of this sampler, because the horizontal threads of the fabric where not straight.
The cover for this fabric book will have to wait. I still want to finish my TAST-sampler before February 15 and I have another project to finish before the end of February. I'll write about that soon.
A few days ago I already wrote about the zentangle I made to catch up on the challenge for week 2. Now I also made the zentangle for week 1, simplicity. To simplify my zentangle I divide it in two parts with a twisted line. I wanted to use 2 patterns with the same start. At one side I used cadent and at the other side W2, I only shaded W2. My husband told me it reminded him of Escher's birds.
At the right side of the ladder stitch I made a row of diamond stitches with a brown perle 5. In the bigger spaces I stitched a few raised cup stitches. Then I added a fancy hem stitch at the right side of it. I made the wraps with a gold colored metallic thread.
The next quilt top I'm going to sandwich and quilt is Safari (28 x 40 cm or 11 x 16 inch).
I enjoy the weekly zentangle challenges, but I missed the first 2. So this week I tried the two pencil string for the second week. It was a real challenge!
My next experiment was with the houndstooth. I made different sizes and a few stretched stitches.
Then I made one big straight stitch (4 cm or 1,5 inch) and made the loops of the houndstooth in alternating directions. I used a variegated Stef Francis perle 5 for this.
At the left side of the big houndstooth I stitched a Vandyke stitch. While I was stitching this, it turned into a centipede and crawled under the houndstooth.
I'm almost halfway on this sampler. To be continued.
. . . and the plaited feather stitch. I like them both.
Last Friday I wrote about a variation of the houndstooth. I used it for this card. There was some space left at the border of my sampler, so I added the houndstooth. I used perle 8 for the houndstooth and perle 12 for the upright cross stitch.
The border of my sampler was finished and I could start experimenting with the stitches. This is the magic chain, which I finished with pistil stitches. Then I made a whipped wheel in the swirl.
I stitched a curved picot chain and added a buttonhole wheel cup.
Between the magic chain and the picot chain I made 2 rows of knotted loop stitches.
It's not finished yet. To be continued.
I hope somebody recognizes the atomic tangle. I know I saw it somewhere, but I don't know the name (if it has one!) and it keeps popping up in my zentangles. The other patterns are Jester, Strircles, Printemps, Holey, Boing and Pods. I found the last 3 in Totally Tangled, my new book. I like it!
This is my sampler for week 3. It took me some time to decide if I would frame this or add it to my fabric book. But it's part of my progress in this class, so I added it.
This is my Chevron stitch sampler for week 4. I used aida to stitch Chevron stitches with 17 different threads.
I made this felt sampler for the same week. The felt wasn't 4 x 6 inch anymore after stitching! It took me some time to figure out how to turn this piece into a fabric book page. First I attached it to a piece of unbleached cotton with French knots at the edge. I also turned it upside down. The Ermini stitches on the sampler told me where to put the French knots.
I wrote about the first 2 pages here.
I enjoyed stitching the houndstooth so much, that I already added it to my last TAST-sampler. I'll write about that this week too.
I found an etui I made years ago. At the time I had no use for it, now it's perfect for my zentangle supplies. It's fun to find something that's not a WISP!
The book told me to fill the spaces with an upright cross stitch with a finer thread. I made French knots with a perle 8.
These are only sneak peeks, I show you the finished project next week. I liked stitching the houndstooth, but there was no time for more experimenting. Maybe I add this stitch to my last TAST-sampler, it would be fun to play with.
I started with Cubine in the centre. Then I tangled Corn Rows in the points of the star. For the background I choose Kuginuki. I'm still learning how to do the shading and this time I used a 3B pencil, it worked very well.
This is the second Wednesday of the year and I already made some great progress. Last time I wrote about this embroidery, I started on the wing above the girl's head. Now the wing is finished and I stitched the backstitches at the wing and the girl's hair. The backstitches in her hair were difficult to see, I had to frog it the first time. So I'm glad this part is done.
My second row is done in Stef Francis spun silk with flames. They are half the size of the first row.
This was an easy stitch, it looks like the interwoven cross stitch I tried on this bandage. I'm sure I will use that again when I start to play with these stitches on my last sampler. But first I need to try the last 2 stitches.
Wednesday I made a quilt sandwich and started with a few quilt stitches. Here's part of the back of it.
Now the quilting part is finished. I found a scrap in my stash that's just big enough for the binding. It would be fun to finish it before spring arrives, so I can put it on the wall until then.
and the sampler for week 2.
In the background of the photo's you can see a part of the fabric paper I received yesterday. It's for a challenge, not for the cover of my fabric book. I already have some ideas for both!
Then I tried a perle 5 and made a heap of rubbish!
So I moved on to the chain variation with a perle 5,
a perle 12
amd 3 threads pf stranded DMC color variations.
It's time to try an easy stitch tomorrow!
. . . and the checkered or magic chain. I used perle 5 for both of them.
