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We are really excited to be offering members a new opportunity for stitch. Many of us have favourite stitches that we turn to. We often recognise textile pieces by the “signature stitch” of the maker.
Our aim is to introduce a different stitch each month and invite you to play with it. It might be new to you or an old favourite. You might find a new favourite among them – or just enjoy the thought that we’re all stitching together.
There are literally hundreds of books and online resources to turn to if you aren’t sure how to do a stitch. Pinterest and YouTube are often useful places to start.
As for format, your sample could be a couple of stitches on a scrap of fabric or end up as your own band sampler. You might decide to mount your sample in a small note book or start a dedicated fabric book, creating a personal stitch library.
However you choose to work, we hope you will have a go at our Stitch Challenge and let us share results here by sending your pictures to it@warwickshirestitchers.org.uk.
To get the ball rolling, we are starting with
Back Stitch
In this first piece, back stitch has been used to create a geometric design, which is stitched on watercolour paper. The shapes were traced on and then pierced at intervals to make the stitching easier. The piercings are fairly close together to achieve the curved edge. Only three colours of Finca No 16 thread were used.
The finished piece
This is probably finished but is sitting awaiting a decision. Extra stitch was added to emphasis some of the shapes. Back stitch is very versatile. It is useful for text, and varying the length can create many shapes. Thank you to Anne for this sample.
Member responses to the Backstitch Challenge:
Liz has used back stitch as filling stitch instead of outline, and with a variety of threads for texture on a cotton fabric.
