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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

TAST 2016 Stitch 29

TAST 29: Barb Stitch


This was a fun stitch for me. One of my crazy quilting go-to stitches is the buttonhole stitch. The barb stitch expands on the buttonhole stitch. 

To keep my stitches even, I used an edge of one of Sharon B.'s Crazy Quilting Templates Set 2 and traced the "barbs" on the pink fabric. The stitches on the black were done without the template, just following the spacing from the pink side. 

I worked the buttonhole stitches along both sides with size 8 Anchor #052 pink pearl cotton. I whipped the center section together with size 8 Anchor black pearl cotton. 

To dress the seam up a bit, I added French knots and straight stitches to both sides using more of the size 8 Anchor black pearl cotton on the pink fabric and size 8 DMC #605 pink pearl cotton on the black fabric.

TAST stands for Take a Stitch Tuesday. It is a personal stitching challenge offered by Sharon B. on Facebook and on her blog, pintangle.com. You may read more about it here. If you follow the TAST Facebook group, you know there are some incredibly inspiring examples of these stitches being shared. Anyone may join at any time during the challenge. Thank you, Sharon, for offering TAST!

Thank you for stopping by!
Renee


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12 comments:

  1. HeatherFebruary 16, 2016 at 4:36 PM

    I love it with the extra bits! Very pretty!

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  2. Christine BFebruary 17, 2016 at 2:31 AM

    This is a beautiful seam Renee and a fabulous use of the barb stitch! Christine x

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  3. Carol- Beads and BirdsFebruary 17, 2016 at 2:55 AM

    You embellished a plain stitch into a very beautiful seam treatment. It turned out great.

    Wanted to ask you if you send your postcards in a clear sleeve and if so where do you get them. I want to do a postcard, but not until I get a sleeve.
    xx, Carol

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  4. KatieFebruary 17, 2016 at 5:50 AM

    Oh I love how you added touches. Beautiful!

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  5. KimMFebruary 17, 2016 at 6:26 AM

    Looks awesome! Love the way the knots livin' up the main stitch.
    xxx

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  6. PatQuiltsFebruary 17, 2016 at 7:22 AM

    Thank you, Renee, for showing and telling us exactly what you did. I don't think I could have figured out this started as two rows of Barb Stitch. I appreciate all the effort you put into your blog posts. Your work is beautiful!

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  7. lynn cockrellFebruary 17, 2016 at 2:21 PM

    What lovely stitching! The contrasting colors of the floss are very nice together with the contrasting fabrics.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2016 at 7:55 PM

    That turned out to be very pretty. I like the extra embellishments you did. Makes me want to try the barbed stitch and dress it up, too!

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  9. ReneeFebruary 18, 2016 at 9:41 AM

    Thank you, Pat and Lynn!

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  10. Magpie's MumblingsFebruary 19, 2016 at 7:32 AM

    It's always fun to see the way you dress up the basic stitches and create something that's uniquely your own. I really like this version.

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  11. JennyPennyPoppyFebruary 19, 2016 at 12:55 PM

    I have yet to try the barb stitch. Nice seeing yours which is very nicely done.

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  12. crazyQstitcherFebruary 21, 2016 at 10:08 AM

    You have created a beautiful seam around the Barb stitch.

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