Hi Christine, this is a wonderful project that you have underway . I am 73 years old and have been stitching since a very little girl, I sat next to my beloved granny and she taught me while she stitched I was about 4 years old then and have stitched and embroidered all my life. I am really enjoy this "new " form of stitching, so much more relaxed and creative. I am an artist and just love the slow stitching and am able to do "mixed media" embroidery now too!!! Do you have the follow up book of A-Z of Embroidery" that you are using for your stitch tutorials? It has some MORE wonderful stitches in it. also in alphabetical order. I am looking forward to seeing everyone work and the enjoyment of creative stitching growing . Keep stitching everyone, it is good for the soul. Thank you Christine, for the inspiration you are sharing and keeping the craft of embroidery alive. XX Heather , Cape Town , South Africa.
Hello Heather and what an incredible history and experience of stitching you have had. Isn’t it such a special gift when we get to learn from our grandparents and spend time together creating. I’m so happy to make your acee we acquaintance through your comment here and to learn how you have evolved your own stitching practices. Slow stitch really is such a freeing and unbridling way of creating. I love mixed media stitching too and have lots of ideas I still want to try. Great to have you here and hope to here and thanks so much for your delightful comment 💛 cheers, Christine
I frequently use this stitch to make a loop for a button or hook at the top of a zipper. If you put the ends close together and leave a loop wrapped around a finger between them it makes a very sturdy little loop. I had no idea it was a real stitch with a name! I saw your thumbnail photo after watching several gardening videos and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out what kind of caterpillar it was! Then I realized it was stitching! But it would be a great addition to a Garden Path themed stitching project. I think it was the bulky thread that gave it the fuzzy caterpillar look! Really enjoying all your stitches. I missed the backstitch so I’ve got to watch it and see if I’m doing it wrong. I can’t imagine another way to do it! 😂 Jan
So fascinating that you created this stitch yourself and use it for such a practical purpose! Similar to another of our dictionary of stitches crew who also came up with this themselves while experimenting. So funny that you thought it was a little caterpillar which is just what I thought when looking at the picture in the book. As for the backstitch, there is no wrong way, but it was fascinating to discuss the variations and their pros and cons. Happy stitching. Cheers, Christine
@@createandcraftwithchristine to be fair, I think I got that button loop from my grandma. She always disassembled clothing to make quilts and reuse the buttons, zippers and snaps. I think she also used them at the side of the waist as belt loops. This was for dresses with matching homemade belts back in the 50s. And I am going to find some chunky yarn and make some caterpillars! Jan
I love that you had created this stitch yourself before you even knew it was a stitch! I do think they should rename it in your honour! Cheers, Christine
I was thinking the same thing about the twisted blanket stitch. Wondering how it would look if the base stitch was longer. How would the twist keep going. Maybe no matter how long the base stitch is you would do half one way and the other half do the twist.🤔
I’m wondering if you could keep switching the directions on a long switch and get multiple twists. Let’s experiment and report back! Cheers, Christine 🤗
@@createandcraftwithchristine So I did experiment. I decided to stitch equal amounts of stitches on the foundation base, switching back and forth. It worked up nicely. I like this stitch.
Loving this series Christine, can't work out how to set a notification for when these videos premiere, but I've put notifications on - and that was when I realised that somehow I hadn't actually subscribed to you, although I watch you all the time - so new Subbie here! :) Looks like these go out at 13:00 UK time, so fingers crossed I can be there for most of them :)
Oh that is too funny as you have been such an active viewer, commenter and sharer of the fun adventures I am having with Stitchery etc. I really hope you can join some of our live chats as it would be lovely to connect you up with the other lovely chatters who you might not yet know, although I suspect they will have heard of you and your creative ventures too :) I think tonight’s episode is relatively short (as it’s a pretty straightforward stitch) so we won’t have as much live chat time but I think tomorrow’s will be a longer edition. Cheers, Christine
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Hi Christine, this is a wonderful project that you have underway . I am 73 years old and have been stitching since a very little girl, I sat next to my beloved granny and she taught me while she stitched I was about 4 years old then and have stitched and embroidered all my life. I am really enjoy this "new " form of stitching, so much more relaxed and creative. I am an artist and just love the slow stitching and am able to do "mixed media" embroidery now too!!! Do you have the follow up book of A-Z of Embroidery" that you are using for your stitch tutorials? It has some MORE wonderful stitches in it. also in alphabetical order. I am looking forward to seeing everyone work and the enjoyment of creative stitching growing . Keep stitching everyone, it is good for the soul. Thank you Christine, for the inspiration you are sharing and keeping the craft of embroidery alive. XX Heather , Cape Town , South Africa.
Hello Heather and what an incredible history and experience of stitching you have had. Isn’t it such a special gift when we get to learn from our grandparents and spend time together creating. I’m so happy to make your acee we acquaintance through your comment here and to learn how you have evolved your own stitching practices. Slow stitch really is such a freeing and unbridling way of creating. I love mixed media stitching too and have lots of ideas I still want to try. Great to have you here and hope to here and thanks so much for your delightful comment 💛 cheers, Christine
❤❤😂😂 Banana stitch, good name for it. Love the twisted blanket great way to give more dimension to the same stitch. ❤❤😊😊😊
Haha, this one had us giggling 💛
I frequently use this stitch to make a loop for a button or hook at the top of a zipper. If you put the ends close together and leave a loop wrapped around a finger between them it makes a very sturdy little loop. I had no idea it was a real stitch with a name!
I saw your thumbnail photo after watching several gardening videos and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out what kind of caterpillar it was! Then I realized it was stitching!
But it would be a great addition to a Garden Path themed stitching project. I think it was the bulky thread that gave it the fuzzy caterpillar look!
Really enjoying all your stitches. I missed the backstitch so I’ve got to watch it and see if I’m doing it wrong. I can’t imagine another way to do it! 😂
Jan
So fascinating that you created this stitch yourself and use it for such a practical purpose! Similar to another of our dictionary of stitches crew who also came up with this themselves while experimenting.
So funny that you thought it was a little caterpillar which is just what I thought when looking at the picture in the book.
As for the backstitch, there is no wrong way, but it was fascinating to discuss the variations and their pros and cons. Happy stitching. Cheers, Christine
@@createandcraftwithchristine to be fair, I think I got that button loop from my grandma. She always disassembled clothing to make quilts and reuse the buttons, zippers and snaps.
I think she also used them at the side of the waist as belt loops. This was for dresses with matching homemade belts back in the 50s.
And I am going to find some chunky yarn and make some caterpillars!
Jan
Thanks Christine, really cool stitches. I'm imagining all the different things I can do with thrm.
I love that you had created this stitch yourself before you even knew it was a stitch! I do think they should rename it in your honour! Cheers, Christine
@@createandcraftwithchristine 😆 hahaha.....the Kimberley stitch. It does have a nice ring to it
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What a neat little stitch for adding dimension and texture!
It’s a fun one if sure. I still think my first one looks like a banana 🍌😂 cheers, Christine
Oooh! Love the S looking stitch!❤
It’s an intriguing on for sure! But easy to do once you get in the flow. Cheers, Christine
I was thinking the same thing about the twisted blanket stitch. Wondering how it would look if the base stitch was longer. How would the twist keep going. Maybe no matter how long the base stitch is you would do half one way and the other half do the twist.🤔
I’m wondering if you could keep switching the directions on a long switch and get multiple twists. Let’s experiment and report back! Cheers, Christine 🤗
@@createandcraftwithchristine So I did experiment. I decided to stitch equal amounts of stitches on the foundation base, switching back and forth. It worked up nicely. I like this stitch.
Loving this series Christine, can't work out how to set a notification for when these videos premiere, but I've put notifications on - and that was when I realised that somehow I hadn't actually subscribed to you, although I watch you all the time - so new Subbie here! :) Looks like these go out at 13:00 UK time, so fingers crossed I can be there for most of them :)
Oh that is too funny as you have been such an active viewer, commenter and sharer of the fun adventures I am having with Stitchery etc. I really hope you can join some of our live chats as it would be lovely to connect you up with the other lovely chatters who you might not yet know, although I suspect they will have heard of you and your creative ventures too :) I think tonight’s episode is relatively short (as it’s a pretty straightforward stitch) so we won’t have as much live chat time but I think tomorrow’s will be a longer edition. Cheers, Christine