Susan: LATE July Reveal

Days late and many dollars short, that's me. But here is as much as July is getting for now. There will be fill-ins around the edges when I sew the blocks together.

Here are the up-and-down buttonhole (almost invisible because I chose the wrong blue to put on the green, but it's there!), the Algerian Eye, and the oyster stitch. The Algerian Eye looks like spiders to me, and I'll probably do something with that when I sew on here more.

Here's the whole block together. It reflects, in the unfinished sections, the lack of time I had during July! The bird section also needs some outlining, but I'm moving on to August or I'll be WAY behind.

Carolynn--Oyster stitch and catching up

Hello All-- I've been traveling again, this time cruising in the Inside Passage on the east side of Vancouver Island with friends who have a lovely 57' wooden Chris Craft. I stitched while we were gone, but internet was spotty, so I'm a little behind. Wonderful this morning looking at all the lovely work that's been posted!

I have a new project: a baby gift for my niece.  Her mom made a baby quilt and then sent me the left-over fabric, so I'm doing a small wall-hanging. Not quite finished, but close!

The baby is Matilda Lucy; her name will go in the large pink strip below her picture.

Oyster stitch with some beading (and a little Basque):

Bonnet stitch:

Wheatear  (I like this one!)

My plan is to add some green rick-rack around the outside edges to cover the stitching of the heart to the ruffle.  The name will go in alphabet beads.

This has to be done by Friday morning, so I need to get busy today!!!

Barbara's July TAST and CQJP

In between a couple of out of town trips I finished my July CQJP block.

Pink Basque stitch is accented with hearts.  The cardinal's branch has some oyster stitch leaves.

I added some fern stitch and button flowers to my faux ceramic pot.  I wish that green had a higher contrast against the blue background.

I pulled this crochet motif from the goody box circulating among some of the Tuesday Stitchers and added a bouquet of silk ribbon flowers.

There's the up and down buttonhole stitch in red, accented with more buttons.  The button stash got heavy use this month.

Cy - TAST Oyster & CQJP WIP

TAST week 30 Oyster Stitch

What a peculiar stitch this was. I had trouble getting the 1st part (the twisted chain) to stay down, but I think I eventually got it to BEHAVE enough for a fairly unison finish.

Here is the Oyster Stitch on my CQJP block for July.

Coton A Broder 16 in black on the left and white on the right of this seam.

And here is a little "playtime fun" on my Stitch Journal page

Love these scallops or swags.

And a flower burst

This is my Stitch Journal page for the last month or two.

Not all the stitches are on here as I did some of them straight on to my CQJP without trialing them first, but I shall probably add them to the Stitch Journal at a later date as I want them all together in one place.

CQJP July Block WIP

I have been gradually adding seam treatments and embellishment to the July Crazy Quilt block, and working through some problem areas with it.

Remember this from last week

Well, I didn't like it so I frogged it...... rippit, rippit,rippit.

And in it's place is this....

I'm not sure what it is meant to be haha.... but it was fun to do and it's staying.

It's possible that I got a little bit influenced by the Olympics. 

The crocheted trim that I added last week has had it's ribbon embellishment added, and I used a tiny cross-stitch in a light green metallic thread to anchor the ribbon in place rather than weaving the ribbon like I first intended.

As usual though, the metallic thread does not photograph well.

I wanted this trim to have a gentle and delicate look, as there are already too many 'chunky' seams on the block.

One more freeform stitched seam this week is this one that is not finished yet. I'm not going to think about what it needs yet, just have to wait and see what happens on the end of my needle on the day it gets it's topping.

Lots of beads to be added to the July block over the next couple of days hopefully, and then it will be finished before next weekends reveal.

That's all for now.

I hope you have a great stitching week ahead.

Happy Stitching

Angela~ Oyster Stitch

Oyster stitch was another fiddly stitch but I like how it looks, I can see many uses and designs for this one.  I used 3 strands of cotton floss but pearl cotton would have been a better choice.  Since I am using what I have without buying anything else, it will have to do.

click the pic to see it larger
My history for this week: July 24, 1866 was the day that Tennessee was re-admitted to the Union after the Civil War, the first state to be re-admitted.  That may have something to do with TN being a state that was split over loyalties, literally brother fought brother, one in blue and one in gray.  My father's family is from the northeast corner of TN and my ancestors fought for the North.
Visit my blog if you are interested in more family history.

Carol - TAST - Oyster Stitch

Oyster Stitch using perle 5 with straight stitch and detached chain in perle 8.

In my practice piece I struggled with keeping the loop around stitch secure.

Are they beads or glowworms I see?  Sarah must have been navigating through caves at Waitomo!

Deborah - Catching Up

Lots of catching up to do today. I can't really get close ups because my good camera hasn't been repaired.

Below, if you can see it, is the bonnet stitch, on the seam. 

 Here is the basque worked into a flower. The center consists of french knots, oyster and bullion stitches.

The flower below is the oyster stitch

Just below the flower is the up and down buttonhole.

I think ifyou click on the photo, you'll get a better view.

That should catch me up. I'll post more on my blog.

Suz--TAST

A new stitch to me again this week. Heeding Debra's advice to use a heavier thread, I thought I would try this stitch with a colourful yarn I had on hand.

I thought the colours would show the movement of the stitch and look pretty.

Hmmm. Not so much.

Some were loose and messy, so I tried a few more.

 Well, no wow factor for me

I decided to try it in a perle thread instead

I think it looked neater in the green perle.

a closer look shows the shape a bit better

Even trying a few other stitches didn't help


I think if I was wanting a dimensional stitch, I would prefer to use a cast-on stitch to the oyster

It's not a stitch I plan to use again as it lacks any appeal for me

I think I can sum it up in one word:- meh



I hope next week has a more challenging and interesting stitch.

Thanks.
Hugs from Suz

Judy ~ Hanging on Barely ~ Oyster Stitch TAST

Another week has vanished without much stitching. The oyster stitch and I didn't get along real well either, but Sue's sleeve now abounds with them. Debra was right when she said it needs a thicker thread, but it didn't look good with a whole strand of DMC, so I used my usual. (My niece is in the hospital with pregnancy complications and our little grandson has lyme disease...just couldn't concentrate.) Hopefully next week will be better!

Debra: TAST- Oyster Stitch

I got a lot of practice in with the Oyster stitch this week. Here's my sewing journal page and here's the link to my blog where I am working on a new piece called Mother and Child.

 

Lots of stitching left to do to get this block finished for July!

TAST: WK 30: Oyster Stitch

The TAST Stitch for the Week of July23 is the Oyster Stitch.

For more information and examples, check here on Sharon B's blog.

Stitch Dictionary           Sarah's Tutorial     Mary Corbet's Video

  

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