7/3/22 - Week 1 - Sunday Stitches

Welcome to Week 1 of the Sunday Stitches Challenge.  We are starting with the first 4 stitches from in Mary Legallet's book, Whimsical Stitches Volume 3.  The first Chapter is called Balanced Stitches.

The first stitch is great for small areas....try this if you are tired of using T-Stitch or Diagonal Mosaic.  Just go for it!  We also taught this stitch on Saturday at the Shop 6/18/22, so check it out!

The second stitch is what I refer to as a "Trellis" stitch.  It would be a beautiful background or in a large area.....for example, I am sitting in the shop looking at a Fall canvas with a huge terra cotta flower pot...this is the perfect stitch for this area!!  In addition, you could also fill in this stitch with a Silk Lame or Neon Rays+ with a Smyrna Cross, FANCY!!

Next up is my favorite stitch this week.  It is a "Scotch" variation which I just love....I think it might appeal to the accountant in me with the balanced stitches.  You can also modify this stitch by using 2 different threads in the scotch section (e.g. us a Neon Rays for the center stitch in the same color) which will add another layer of texture!    We also taught this stitch on SATS 6/25/22.

The final stitch this week is Kelly's favorite from this week.  It is a "Byzantine" which reminds me of stair steps.  There are a lot of stitches, so go slow completing one row and one color at a time (this is only a suggestion, so if your brain looks at it differently, go for it)!  This is a great stitch if you have polka dots because you stitch the byzantine stitches in monotone threads and then make the scotch stitch in the polka dot color.....same concept with a night sky where byzantine stitches are blue and scotch would be silver/white to represent stars!