TAST - Week 3 - Feather Stitch

I enjoyed this week's TAST, the feather stitch. For more details on the TAST (Take a Stitch Tuesday) Challenge, please visit the information page on Sharon B's Pintangle blog.

Above are the three variations of Feather Stitch which were the BAS (Build a Seam) Challenge stitch for this week here on my blog - a happy coincidence for me since I only had to stitch once for both challenges! A full list of the BAS stitches can be found by scrolling down the sidebar to the right. The details of these particular stitches are in my last post.

I also did a patch on my block with the feather stitches I use often for under the sea growth.

After completing the feather stitches, I have decided that this block Juli made for me at Christmas is embellished enough. It is not the usual encrusting but I like the way the stitching is stealing the show and don't think it needs a bunch of lace and charms etc to carry it. I'll be finishing it up now as my AAQI quilt donation for January. Ta-dah! Does that make three birds with one stone??

One last thing - I have been visiting many of the samples of Feather Stitch in the comments on Sharon's blog and I have an absolute fabourite. If you haven't seen it, check out Gayle Schipper's Tessalating Fish Lips!

Comments

Connie Eyberg Originals said…

Love how your block is coming along. Your stitching always looks great!

January 22, 2012 at 7:47 AM

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BAS - Week 79 - Feather Stitch Variations

I have about the next twenty BAS stitches scheduled and by happy coincidence this week's BAS is a series of Feather Stitch variations which coincide with this week's TAST stitch if you are following. So, we can hit two birds with one stone! These hardly look like feather stitch but they are. They are created by making the "v"'s of the feather stitch vertical on the inside. Very simple to do but a different look to an old stitch. The second variation is created by doing two feather stitches at a time on each side, again making sure the inside of your "v"s are vertical and line up as much as possible. Same thing again in this one except they are in series of three. To me these have the look of stitching on old crazy quilts so they are nice to add to your stable of stitch variations. Hope you enjoy them and have fun!

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