The Feather Stitch for Tuesday's Seam Treats

One of the girls at the Hand Embroidery Yahoo Group pointed out to me that if I do 3 seam treatments a day for 100 days, that would be 300 designs! Somehow, that sounded really cool to me so that's what I'm shooting for! Since I only offered my readers 2 yesterday, I'm giving you 4 for today!

Sharon set the theme for today's seam treats by discussing the Feather Stitch on her In A Minute Ago blog. I love the feather stitch. Not only is it a beautiful stitch but it's so much fun to do! So I've charted the basic feather stitch for you and then am offering 3 different embellished versions.

If you need help with how to do the Feather Stitch, click here.

Enjoy!



1/4 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



1 1/8 inches wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



7/8 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



1 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas

Seam Treats for Monday

1 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



7/8 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas

If you need help with specialty stitches, be sure to visit Sharon's Stitch Dictionary. Sharon has diagrams and descriptions for every special stitch imaginable!

Seam Treats for Sunday

Yes, I'll just refer to them as "Seam Treats" now. Kind of has a nice ring to it!



1 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



1 1/8 inches wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



7/8 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas

Click on any photo to download a larger photo from my Flickr site.

Basket Kitten 3 Handbag

Basket Kitten 3 Handbag
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

Last post for today! I just finished sewing up the Vogart Poodle and Basket Kitten #3. I'll share the Poodle tomorrow maybe but thought I'd post this since I have a few minutes before the dryer shuts off!

It didn't quite fit on the scanner but I think you can see it well enough. The beaded fringe at the bottom are little leaves. I used satin cording for the little handles.

Tomorrow, I plan to do some more finishing! I'm on a roll!

Vogart Poodle

Vogart Poodle
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

Why or why aren't there more hours in the day to stitch?!! I only had enough stitching time yesterday to complete this little Vogart Poodle design. Once I rince the tracing lines out, I'll be sewing on a little satin bow to the top of his head instead of stitching the bow on.

Since I must embellish, I replaced the french knots with seed beads. I'm off to attempt to do some finishing on my sewing machine, this little design included!