Armchair Caddy:
Next is the first part of the new challenge from Sharon B over on http://www.pintangle.com/. The first challenge of the year is the "Chicken Scratch" stitch. I have done this before a long time ago. This is just the first of my attempts and I will post more later on today. Sharon has given several ideas to further the stitch and push yourself outside of what the traditional way this stitch is applied. I will have further samples to post later. For this sample I chose red gingham and used black thread as I liked the way a bolder color looks. If you look closely at the fourth circle you can see a mistake that I made and will rectify later. The stitch is going in the wrong direction and can be easily fixed. I guess I was in a hurry and did not pay attention to the direction until I had finished the row. I used perle 8 embroidery thread. I will be using different types of thread for the others.
Here is a seam from the "Build a Seam" challenge over on Kerry's blog, which can be found here http://kerrykatiecakes2.blogspot.com/. In this challenge you can join in the fun at any time during the process. I believe she started this for the novice group of crazy quilters, but anyone wanting to stretch themselves with new seam treatments should give this a try. I have several more that need the beading applied before I post pics.Build a Seam Challenge: Seam #1
4 comments:
What a lovely seam. I am enjoying seeing what everyone is doing with the chicken scratch, so many interesting samples
Hi Wendy, I've been wanting to try chicken scratch since last fall when I first saw it. What size is your gingham? You and I must think alike as we're in a couple of the same challenges!
Your arm chair caddy is darling! I also really like the build a seam treatment in the bottom photo.
Hi Judy, my gingham is medium checks. They did not have any small and the large checks are way too big!lol.
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