And I will honestly admit, my stitches are far from perfect. I don't care for doing this stitch on 14 count Aida. That grid is just so confining to me! I love this stitch but much prefer doing it on a crazyquilt seam! So that's where I'll be doing my next example! I already have a cool idea and although it's not new to crazyquilting, it will be new to me! I'll be working it on this block:
I'm just itching to sew up some new pieces including the purse flap that I'll be using my gorgeous vintage collar on. Serious sewing time is scheduled for next week!
Tomorrow, I will have an update on this block along with a pattern for making perfectly spaced buttonhole wheels. In the meantime, if anyone actually likes what I did with the Buttonhole stitch, here the charted patterns for 2 variations:
Click on one of the images to go to my Flickr site where you can download the larger versions.
I'm off to package up all that lace that I painted the other day for my Etsy shop.
Oh! Do hop over to Sharon's blog and see her gorgeous stitched Praying Mantis! What a beauty!
I really like your squares. What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteActually, I like both your designs! I don't know if they are new or not, but I haven't thought of them, so there you go. =) I love your block, especially that purple whatever with the swirly designs in it.
ReplyDeleteGreat work - particularly like the square buttonhole samples :)
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