TAST stitch 124 is closed herringbone stitch. TAST stands for Take A Stitch Tuesday, an embroidery
challenge at Pin Tangle.
This stitch is not new to
me, I used it from time to time as a filling stitch. You can see that in my ATC
Blueprint and my embroidery Birth. Sharon wrote that if you stitched the closed
herringbone on the back, you can use it for shadow work. So that’s what I did.
First I read a lot about it. I found good info online:
- Deepa wrote how she stitched a shadow work butterfly
- I found info about the history of shadow work at Italian Needlework
- and I found a shadow work bunny SAL at Royce’s Hub
But most of my info came
from old Dutch embroidery books and magazines. I used the patterns from these
magazines.
This leaf was a pattern
for a curtain. Luckily I had a coupon of a polyester curtain. I stitched this
leaf at the backside in closed herringbone stitch in cotton a broder #16. I
secured my thread by weaving it through the threads at the edge, so it’s not visible
in the project I’m going to use it for.
This pretty pattern was
for a hanky. I used part of an old woman’s dress and 2 threads of stranded
floss. I stitched the lines in backstitch on the good side and turned it into a
whipped stem stitch at the back to secure my threads. This will be part of the
same project as the leaf.
I took these photos when
the embroidery was still in my hoop. The blue water soluble pen was not removed
yet.
Heerlijk hè, die oude bladen!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGroetjes,
Paula
Inderdaad, Er staat veel meer in dan ik me kan herinneren!
VerwijderenNice work,Annet. This stitch is used in chikankari work.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI knew it was used in India too, but didn't know the name. Thanks for telling me!
Verwijderenvery pretty, I used to do a bit of shadow work many years ago I love the delicate look it gives
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI love the look of this too, it was not as difficult as I thought it would be.
VerwijderenYou have shown us all how wonderful the Closed Herringbone is when used in Shadow work. Fixing the ends of threads so they are not visible is of course an important part of the work.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThank you for sharing all your information.
Well, this was my solution in fixing the thread ends. I have no idea how to do it so both sides are pretty!
VerwijderenI have always loved shadow work and have used it many times in the past, but not recently. Good to see that all again.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt was on my to-do-list for a long time, so I was very happy it was part of TAST.
VerwijderenYou have achieved a beautiful shadow effect with this stitch. Lovely work.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThank you, Diane.
Verwijderenclosed herringbone as shadow work or chikankari work looks beautiful. we have whole tunic designs made in this stitch. your sample looks beautiful neat and perfect.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThank you, Chitra. I think this stitch will look very nice on a tunic.
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