#sampler

[loosethreadstitchery]

This is an idea I've been playing around with for awhile, and I finally worked out a design I'm happy with. The outer fill patterns combine where their sections overlap, and the resulting patterns are more intricate than their component motifs would suggest. Blackwork embroidery on blue 14-count Aida cloth.

Pattern here (my site) or here (Etsy).

[roseknits]

Over the last two days I stitched a little sampler of various lines, but for fun I made it look like grass instead of a more traditional sampler. I really like the end result, it feels very painterly for some reason. I used 10 different colours, some variegated, some solid, a few different weights and materials (cotton, silk, wool). The stitches, from left to right at the bottom of the piece:

1. Backstitch

2. Double laced running stitch

3. French knots

4. Stem stitch

5. Running stitch

6. Alternating stem stitch

7. Couching

8. Hungarian heavy chain stitch (not sure if this is the actual English name, I found it in my Dutch stitch bible, which states that it is a Hungarian variation on the heavy chain stitch)

9. Heavy chain stitch

10. Laced back stitch

11. Chain stitch

12. Triple back stitch (once again, translated from my stitch bible, no idea about the actual English name)

13. Whipped back stitch

14. Satin stitch (without an underlying outline/padding)

15. Coral stitch

16. 'Open backstitch' I don't know if this stitch has an official name, probably, but it is just a backstitch where there is a small gap between the stitches. It has a more pronounced texture than running stitch, and doesn't make the fabric wavy as easily as a running stitch.

17. Bullion knots

18. Split stitch

19. Laced running stitch

20. Double laced backstitch

[heaveninawildflower]

Crochet lace sampler (1922) by Margaret Ann Field.

Cotton.

NGV Collection.

[arcadebroke]

[victoriantomodern]

Margreta Bem (German, active 1713), sampler, 1713, plain weave linen with twenty nine squares filled with different needlework patterns, 37.3 x 39.4 cm, the Art Institute of Chicago.

[viejospellejos]

De aquí salió el sample que usaron Linkin Park para escribir ‘Faint’

[laurakwatson]

SAMPLER

Little embroideries of little things.

[badstitched]

New Release ~ Mortal Coil

I really loved designing and stitching this black snake, coiled in a big peony. Your eyes aren't failing you there, I did use gold metallics and it looks so good in person! I wish metallics photographed better. If you're adverse to metallic floss, that's ok, you can swap it out with your favorite shiny floss, or stitch the alternate version I included.

Also - There's exactly 666 black stitches. You're welcome.

Find this on my Patreon, Tier 2 or Tier 3 until April 15th. You also get access to the best stitching community.

https://www.patreon.com/c/badstitch