TAST 16 & BEYOND TAST 16

 TAST 16 -CORAL STITCH

This is a new stitch to me.  I feel good to learn new stitches.  I tried working out this stitch, with threads of different thickness.  I imagined, an awe struck sea turtle swimming around a coral reef and stitched it.  :)-  .

This stitch follows around the curve very well. 

                                                     

BEYOND TAST 16  - WRAPPED CORAL STITCH

This is a variation of the coral stitch which creates a knotted outline.  I tried stitching a flower with this stitch.

 

TAST 15 & BEYOND TAST 15

 TAST 15 -  Butterfly Chain Stitch

This is one of my least favorite stitches.  Though the working of this stitch is pretty easy and simple, I somehow struggle to make uniform stitches of same length and uniform spacing between each cluster.   May be I should mark the points in pencil before I start the stitches.

I tried to play around with different thickness of anchor stranded cotton floss and perl cotton thread in the below sample.

BEYOND TAST 15 - SPANISH FEATHER STITCH

I learnt this stitch some 10+ years ago and duly forgot the name of the stitch.  I remembered this stitch a couple of years back and wanted to stitch, but got lost , totally forgetting the name and the method of working of this stitch.  Sincere thanks to Sharon for choosing this stitch for the TAST Challenge.

I tried playing around with this stitch in stranded cotton floss and perl cotton thread in different thickness.

TAST 14 & BEYOND TAST 14

 TAST 14 - Cable Chain

This is a fun and pretty variation of the chain stitch.  I always remember the iron chains whenever I see this stitch.   When I was a small girl, me and my friend (we both had the same names) used to go to our neighbor's garden and used to swing to our heart's content with our endless chatting.  I stitched this piece in memory of those days.

BEYOND TAST 14 - Buttonholed Cable chain

Initially a row of cable chain stitch is made followed by stitching (without pricking fabric) buttonhole stitches within the cable chain foundation.   This stitch creates a scallop pattern.  Alternating buttonholed cable chain is a simple variation of this stitch. I tried this alternating variation in a circle. 

TAST 13 & BEYOND TAST 13

 TAST 13 -  Buttonhole Wheel

This is one of my favorite stitches.   A very simple and quick one, useful in creating flowers and leaves.  This stitch can be used to create circle, semi circle, quarter circles which can be used as a pretty crazy quilting seam treatment when combined with other stitches.

BEYOND TAST 13 - Buttonhole wheel cup.

This stitch is an extension of Buttonhole wheel.  A foundation is made with a buttonhole wheel, followed by working the button hole stitch in the outer edge.  These buttonhole stitches can be stitched , more than once to create beautiful textured stitch.

 

TAST 12 & BEYOND TAST 12

 TAST 12 - CRETAN STITCH

Cretan Stitch is one of the beginner stitches.  

In the first row, I have worked a row of Cretan stitches followed by second row of cretan stitches by turning the fabric upside down and aligning the stitches, to give the appearance of the hexagon shape

In the second row, I have tried to stack cretan stitches one row upon the other.

In the third row, the cretan stitches are worked with long arms, to contain in between cretan stitches with a different color thread

In the fourth row, the sizes of the cretan stitches are varied according to the design line.

Cretan stitches are also used in Crazy Quilting Seam Treatments.

BEYOND TAST 12 - Looped Cretan Stitch

A new stitch for me to learn.  Happy to get introduced to this stitch.  I tried to add beads in this stitch.  Floral and leafy wines can be created with this stitch.

TAST 11 & BEYOND TAST 11

 TAST 11 - French Knot

I love French Knots so much.. I find this stitch  easier to do.  I love to run over my hands on this textured french knots and feel them.  Few years back, I had seen an embroidered garden entirely worked out of French knots..  This memory became the inspiration behind my french knot sampler.  I have used different colors of anchor stranded cotton floss and DMC perl cotton thread.  Some of the knots are made with a single wrap, most of them are made with two wraps and very few of them with three wraps.  I was indeed happy to look at my finished french knot sampler .

                                       

BEYOND TAST 11 -  PISTIL STITCH

This stitch is just the same as the French Knot, but with the addition of little tail to the knot.   I tried pistil stitch and created a small mandala.  

TAST 10 & BEYOND TAST 10

TAST 10 -CHEVRON STITCH

This stitch is a very simple and easy one.  The length of the stitch can be varied or the stitches can be stacked upon .  This stitch can be used as a border stitch and in CQ seam treatments.

 

BEYOND TAST 10 - Inverted Feather Stitch

This stitched is a new one to learn.   This can also be used to couch down thicker threads and ribbons.