For TAST 2012 week 2 the stitch was buttonhole stitch, you can find it here. The seam treatment is embroidered with DMC pearl 5, just a basic buttonhole stitch. The real color is lilac ;)
For the flowers I arranged the long and short buttonhole stitch around the center of the flower.
The stem is embroidered in stemstitch. The leaves in buttonhole stitch, this time used as a filling stitch. For the flowers, stem and leaves I used 1 strand of DMC stranded coton.
The hearts are embroidered in french knots with 4 strands of DMC stranded coton.
The lower part of the middle section is embroidered in a scalloped filling buttonhole stitch.
More about this part of the carnation is found here.
Your work is to die for. I don't think I have enough years left to perfect my stitches to that level. Gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI love your stitchery! the carnation is so beautiful!
DeleteBeatiful designs! The carnation is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteYour carnation is WOW! Beautiful work and very inspiring!
ReplyDeleteWow it's beautiful. I like the carnations, and your stitch are so smooth !!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful example of buttonhole stitch ! Just became a follower......
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chris richards
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Lovely. Kathy http://threads-and-patches.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteYour work is stunningly beautiful and inspires me to practice more with my stitches.
ReplyDeleteFlowerLady
Your flowers are very beautiful and make me very envious :) I have added your link to my blog post to share you work with my readers!
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Your stitching is perfection! Absolutely wonderful. I really like the complimentary colors of yellow and purple together. Your design pops!
ReplyDeleteWow, the carnation is a real beauty.
ReplyDeleteLovely carnation, beautifully done.
ReplyDeleteArlene W
http://arlenes-crafts.blogspot.com/
Beautiful! I love looking at your work!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitching! I'm inspired to do more with TAST.
ReplyDeletevery nice
ReplyDeleteYou are featured on Sharon's blog!!!
ReplyDeleteDeb
Lovely sample pieces!=)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful designs and perfect stitching! Connie.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful carnation - so smoothly stitched.
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