Chain Stitch 2

Thank you to everyone who commented on my previous post - I do hope that I have replied to everyone but if I missed anybody then I do apologise.
I hope that Blogger soon sort themselves out as it is annoyingly slow at the moment to reply to comments.

I have been busily chain stitching away since my last post and have finished my block. If you receive my blog by email and you did not receive my last post then you can read it here

 

 

Here is a list of the different chain stitch variations that I used

 

Chain stitch

Whipped chain stitch

Back stitched chain stitch

Twisted chain stitch

Broad chain stitch

Braided stitch

Knotted chain stitch

Half whipped chain stitch

Long armed chain stitch

Heavy chain stitch

Easy cable chain stitch

Triple chain stitch

Detached chain stitch (lazy daisy)

Detached twisted chain stitch

Detached slip chain stitch

Open chain stitch

Berry stitch

Three chain stitch

Petal stitch

Picot stitch

Detached wheatear stitch

French knot border stitch

 

That's 22 different chain stitches - and there are many more!

 

These are my two old faithful reference books

 

 



I have used my block to make this tissue case for my gift box.

So from a soggy Dordogne I hope you have sunny, stitchy weekend.

Chain Stitch

If you have been following my blog for any length of time then you will have seen several projects that I have worked using this piece of plastic.

It is one of a set of double sided rubbing blocks and my favourite by far. This was my first project using the block.

And I turned it into this little Bushkiri bag.

You can see it here with some more little bags I made using some of the other rubbing blocks.

And there is another one

There is a white version

I have used it as the wallpaper at the back of my blog.

And you can read about how I made this pink version here

So once again I am making a tissue case for my gift box and I never tire of this design. However this time I thought I would challenge myself into using as many different chain stitches as I can. Here is my square of fabric just as I was starting - I used a gold Markal paint stick to transfer the design.

So far I have used nine different chain stitches and am aiming to pack in quite a few more.

The greens in the fabric and the threads are not showing up as well as I would like in this picture - it's actually looking a lot brighter and I am very pleased with the look so far.

Hoping that this post reaches everyone - I understand that there are lots of problems with blogger at the moment.
Hope you are having a great weekend.