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tip the key to a successful double pekinese is stitching the same number of back stitches on each side of the petal the area between the petals is filled with randomly placed straight stitches tip make your first stitch near the top at an angle filling in with stitches of slightly different lengths and at different directions don t go crazy with this leave some space between the stitches outline with bullion knots 3 more blooms and a bud the center section of the remaining blooms and the entire bud are covered with double pekinese stitch notice that these smaller blooms are not divided with petals seed heads each bloom has 3 long straight stitches radiating out from the center which is then couched down with the same thread to keep it in place the seeds are 3 wrap french knots using 2mm silk ribbon you may want to add the french knots on the lower left bloom after you stitch blocks 7 and 8 together tip leave some space between the french knots rather than packing them together i used 1 package each of painter s thread silk ribbon in the colors longon and pomelo the stems and center leaf are embellished with fly stitch i like using variegated threads that bring the colors of the stems leaf and the blooms together beautifully the outside leaves are embellished with a series of straight stitch and detached chain stitches lazy daisy using shimmer floss our next block includes the bunny which i think many of you have been looking forward to i love him posted by kerry stitch designs at 7 23 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday july 10 2019 block 7 nocturne the branches of the nocturne tree with it s beautiful birds and blooms are complete and now we move onto the garden blocks applique the the large flower with its stem pod flowers and leaves in place with small whip stitches as on the previous blocks tip when cutting out the wool for the pod flowers trace the entire shape onto freezer paper iron to the tango orange wool and cut out remove the freezer paper and cut away the scalloped edge iron the remaining freezer template without the scalloped edge to the turquoise wool cut out close to the template and remove the template cut away the template on the remaining drawn line iron the small piece to the plum wool cut out and remove the template when you pin the pieces in place just stack the turquoise on top of the tango and the plum on top of the turquoise by using this method there is no matching of pieces and you have more depth to the flowers for the second pod flower use the same templates just iron them close together on the tango and turquoise wool embellishment fun large flower this flower is outlined with crested chain stitch if you have never used this stitch before i recommend a little bit of practice you may find it easier to start with a 8 pearl cotton to learn the 4 steps for each stitch once you are comfortable with the sequence of the stitch practice with some extra silken pearl 5 the secret to having your stitches look like those in the photo is beginning with a very small chain stitch while there are a few steps to this stitch the end result is worth it flower center begin the center by stitching 4 fly stitches with long anchor stitches imagine the center flower is a clock and place your stitches at 12 3 6 and 9 o clock now add 4 more fly stitches between the first ones with shorter anchor stitches add a bullion knot in the v of each fly stitch and a french knot in the center inner petals add a lady bug as explained in the pattern to each petal i thread 2 bullion knot needles 1 with each color of thread and just move the needle thread out of the way as i stitch the next color both the inner petals and the center are outlined with bullion knots flower stem embellish the stem with palestrina stitch with the horizontal stitch stretching from one side of the stem to the other don t be tempted to pull the thread tight when making the knot pull slowly to obtain the round shape pulling too tight on the thread loses the detail pod flowers i really like the single oyster stitch on the tango scallops sometimes a simple embellishment is all you need my tip for making the oyster stitch is don t pull the thread too tight take it slowly to get the nice rounded shape i ve found that running the sea grass through a thread conditioner like thread heaven or a similar product helps to take the kinks out and keep the thread flat as you stitch as on the fly stitch used on the turquoise confession when it was announced that thread heaven was discontinued i purchased every bit i could find i m still using this stash and can t recommend another brand just 3 cast on stitches is all you need to embellish the plum wool couched stems draw a line with a chalk pencil for the stem to the top pod flower and the swirl on the flower stem double thread a 5 pearl cotton into a 22 or 18 chenille needle and pull up from behind at one end of the drawn line lay these threads side by side as you couch them in place with a 8 pearl cotton single oyster stitches with 5 silken pearl complete the swirls leaves after stitching the center of the leaves with fly stitch and outlining with bullion knots i decided they needed a little bit of color i threaded a 22 chenille needle with 5 silken pearl and coming up from the back at the base of the fly stitches whip each fly up the center and then take the needle to the back and tie off have fun and find some shade to stitch block 7 posted by kerry stitch designs at 12 34 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday june 3 2019 nocturne block 6 block 6 will complete the nocturne tree branches there are some similarities here to block 5 with a few exciting twists large bird look back at the tips for block 5 for a reminder of how to cut the tail sections and stack them as you applique the embellishment on the block 6 tail is exactly the same as the large bird on block 5 the wings are outlined with the closed buttonhole stitch and silken pearl size 5 use a circle drawing template to draw the circles for the whipped spider webs inside the wings with a chalk pencil the chalk pencil rubs off easily just in case you want to change the position of a circle mark a spot for the eye button then add the pistil stitches use the same thread to sew the eye button in place small bird now look carefully at the small bird in the above photo according to the pattern you embellish the bird the same as the small bird in block 1 but i didn t for this bird i used a fly stitch that branches and extends off the wool bird flowers a single flower is on block 5 but i love flowers so we have 2 on block 6 both flowers use the same threads but the embellishment is different i used my circle drawing template to draw a 1 circle in the center of the flower and then back stitched on the drawn line with silken pearl size 5 make the back stitches as close to the same size as possible and don t pull too tight so you can easily slide your needle under them as you stitch the spiral trellis with the same thread surround the spiral trellis with 8 oyster stitches don t pull too tight to have more definition in the stitch finish off the flower by outlining with small chain stitch this flower center is a cast on stitch rose make the first cast on in the center of the flower and continue to work cast on stitches around the first one until it is the desired size begin each new cast on slightly under the the previous one add petals of double cast on stitch around the rose and outline the flower with small chain stitch berries stitch a buttonholed bullion knot wheel with 8 spokes on each berry mary corbet has excellent instructions for making a bullion knot wheel trimmed with buttonhole stitch here i did mine just a little bit differently use the thread and needle size specified in the nocturne pattern there s no need to mark the dots just eyeball the spokes and it will be ok notice that all of my bullion knots end in the center of the berry i didn t draw a small circle in the center to add french knots add a drizzle stitch in the center in the above photo you can see the definition in the palestrina stitch stem achieved by not pulling the stitches too tight joining blocks pin the top of block 6 to the bottom of block 4 and sew together by machine using a 1 4 seam allowance press the seam open mark and stitch the vine in place using the same thread and stitches as used for the vine in block 5 i hope you are all loving your progress on nocturne block 7 will begin the beautiful garden beneath the tree posted by kerry stitch designs at 6 29 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday may 6 2019 nocturne block 5 it s important to notice a few important things about this block first see the leaf pinned at the top i m saving it to add after block 3 and block 5 are joined together the branch extends all the way to the right edge of the block this way i m certain that the tree will cover it i could have continued the top berry stem to the edge but if the tree doesn t cover it i can easily add a few stitches large bird when you trace the bird template onto freezer paper include the beak and upper curved portion of the top wing this will give a base for the woven picot to be stitched onto for the beak and help in placement of the wing the bottom wing is covered with closed buttonhole stitch i began at the point of the wing and stitched along the bottom edge of the wing to the curved edge tying off the thread in back begin the 2nd row right above the first and stitch from left to right as with row 1 if you are left handed begin on the opposite edge trace the entire tail onto freezer paper and cut out iron the freezer paper onto the turquoise wool and cut out remove the freezer paper from the turquoise wool and cut away the outside tail sections from the freezer paper iron this reduced freezer paper template onto the plum wool remove the freezer paper from the wool and again cut away the side sections from the freezer paper iron the center of the tail onto the chartreuse wool stack the 3 tail pieces as in the above photo and whip stitch in place this method gives more dimension and since all the colors are cut from the same template there s no fussing to make them fit leaves and stems i absolutely love the variation in colors on the macke pearl cotton that i used to embellish the leaves and berry stems this thread brings all of the colors in the block together the stems from the leaves to the tree branch are stitched with this same thread using a stem stitch add a double lazy daisy stitch for small leaves on the stem stitch a lazy daisy detached chain making the anchor stitch just a little longer than usual bring your needle and thread up from the back in the same beginning hole and slide the needle through the anchor stitch then take it to the back berries the berries are outlined with bullion knots that are slightly overlapped joining blocks pin the top of block 5 to the bottom of block 3 and sew together by machine using a 1 4 seam allowance press the seam open add the leaf saved from block 3 stitch the vine that extends from block 3 to block 5 mark a line for the vine with a white chalk pencil i found the easiest way to stitch the vine was to begin at the end away from the block 3 branch stitch a lazy daisy for the end of the vine and 2 more on each side of the drawn line move a little bit down the line and stitch a lazy daisy on each side of the line make 1 back stitch from the 1st set of lazy daisy leaves to the next set continue in this manner along the line i hope you are having a wonderful time with nocturne there is just 1 more block for the branches then we will begin the garden with block 7 posted by kerry stitch designs at 2 01 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 9 2019 nocturne block 4 it is so tempting to stitch block 2 and block 4 together so we can get started on the funny little gold looney bird let s take it a step at a time to make it easier and save the best for last begin by appliquing all of the motifs in place includin g the looney bird s tail feathers notice that the tail feathers run under the branch leaves the small leaves at the base of the flowers and 2 of the leaves on the upper branch are embroidered with fly stitch in the center of the leaves and outlined with back stitch using size 5 pearl cotton the 2 leaves at the end of the branch use the same thread but are stitched with buttonhole stitch running along the center and french knots on the other side of the leaf the flower stems are palestrina stitch using the same size 5 pearl cotton this variegated thread color is macke by painters threads and i love how it picks up the other colors in the block tip to achieve more definition in the palestrina stitch don t pull the stitch too tight i like to use a bullion knot needle for this stitch i have made a short video to show how to stitch the bottom of the green flower base which you can find here pattern correction use a bullion knot needle when outlining the flower with sea grass and the drizzle stitches are made with rousseau 8 the head feathers are 2 double fly stitches this just means that there are 2 fly stitches very close together one on top of the other add a lazy daisy stitch inside the v of the top fly stitch don t be afraid of the the bird s wing in the above photo notice that i began a row of cast on stitches at the bottom left of the wing and continued working to the right until i reached the top of the wing the next row is begun once again at the left side and continues to the top of the wing when completed continue in this manner until the wing is covered notice that you can see the wool under the rows of stitches another oops the final step to completing the bird is to outline the body with back stitch except for the breast which has fly stitch sew the bottom of block 2 to the top of block 4 by machine with a 1 4 seam allowance use pins about every inch to avoid stretching the wool as you sew press the seam open now it s time to applique the looney bird in place use a chalk pencil to mark the wings and then back stitch with the frida shimmer floss the same thread is used to fly stitch in the center of the wings and the tail feathers drizzle stitches give this bird some wild head feathers he makes me smile posted by kerry stitch designs at 7 28 pm 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to comments atom popular posts nocturne blocks 9 and 10 i m combining blocks 9 and 10 so you can see how the center flower is placed after blocks 9 and 10 are sewn together notice nocturne block 8 my first thought when i look at this block is that it s quite simple just one plant with blooms in different sizes showing nocturne blocks 10 and 11 block 10 is the final 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