A new round of Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST) began in January.
TAST is a personal challenge to learn a new hand embroidery stitch each week. The challenge is offered by Sharon Boggon of Pin Tangle. You may learn more about the challenge here.
Beyond TAST offers a more complex stitch for those that have completed TAST in the past or are more experienced embroiderers. (I have not worked these yet.)
This stitch was worked with size 8 Anchor red floss.
I then added size 12 cream Presencia Finca floss to create a whipped chain stitch (as seen in the photo at the beginning of this post.)
Eight fly stitches worked with size 12 DMC pearl cotton made a snowflake.
A size 10/0 crystal glass seed bead was added to the center.
I traced a heart (using one of Sharon Boggon's Stitchers Templates Set 1) onto the foundation on the back of the block with a pencil (as seen below.)
TAST Week 3 was the Buttonhole Stitch. I have not used it yet this year, but I tend to use it to make flower stems (as seen in 2 of the seams surrounding the heart in my Stem Stitch photo.)
Do you have a favorite way to use the the Chain Stitch, Fly Stitch or Stem Stitch?
