I have completed three more 1″-circles on my Sue Spargo sampler. I admit that I’ve been picking up this project only during the evenings when I’m up for the level of concentration that it takes to do the work well. I do not like taking work out! And since I am almost done with the sixth row (nine altogether), I think I’m putting the skids on to make the project last longer — the same thing I do when I am enjoying a book and don’t want it to end. In any case…
This next circle is nice enough but I keep trying to figure out what it represents. Perhaps I should give up on that and just enjoy the variety of stitches in the design.
The top edge is softened with a simple Backstitch. The bottom edge has two rows of Pekinese Stitch using two colors of thread. The semicircle is filled in with Chain Stitch and the top is dotted with Colonial Knots.
Suddenly we have blooms busting out all over in the next circle. Quite cheerful I think.
Detatched Chain Stitch and Colonial Knots create the blue flowers. Clusters of leaves and stems are created using Closed Fly Stitch, Colonial Knots, and Pistil Stitch.
Goofy sheep alert!
This little fellow brings nothing but smiles to me. His face is created with Open Buttonhole Filler Stitch, Colonial Knots for eyes and Woven Picot for ears. Vertical Bullion Knots give him his feet. Bullion Knots surrounding the circle provide his wool coat. And finally, Colonial Knots fill in the overall feeling of curly wool all over his body.
I am more than half-way done with the next circle so I think you will see more progress soon.
I hope you are enjoying your projects this summer as you stay cool.
As ever – so creative!
Sue Spargo has a real way with embroidery, that’s for sure! I have been enjoying learning the stitches and thinking about combinations myself.
This is a fun grouping! I am enjoying following your progress. Love it!
It is fun, isn’t it? A nice combo of tight stitching and then a little ‘free for all.’ Thanks for dropping by!
So good to see those tiny stitches up close and personal again.
Yes, they are tiny. A big part of the concentration for stitching these circles is making sure they are small enough to accommodate the whole design. As always, creating in a small space affirms that I can do the same thing in larger spaces.