01.13.12
TAST Week2 – Buttonhole stitch
I don’t believe I stitched this much. A stitch I used to hate with a passion because I could never get it to lie flat, I mastered it last year, and this challenge just gave me a chance to play with it — a lot. 
And there are still ideas that aren’t’ going to make it to this sampler! Click to see details!
The flowers and leaves are all buttonhole stitch. Stem stitch flows easily from buttonhole, and can be seen as a very shallow buttonhole stitch, if you really stretch it!
Stems are stem and chain stitch. I especially like the little yellow-green leaves with the open buttonhole, and the buttonhole flower tips are a traditional crewel technique. Stitched in silk and cotton.
Isabelle said,
January 14, 2012 at 2:58 am
It’s very nice, I like the design of the flowers and how you have use buttonhole stitch to embroider it
kathy said,
January 14, 2012 at 5:01 am
Lovely work. Kathy http://kathysnest32.wordpress.com/
FlowerLady said,
January 14, 2012 at 5:40 am
This is a lovely creation using the buttonhole stitch. I think your work is very nice.
FlowerLady
Rachel said,
January 14, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Good work – a great investigation of the stitch!
shirley said,
January 14, 2012 at 6:02 pm
I like the way you have used the buttonhole on the whole flower The colours are great too.
Lorraine said,
January 15, 2012 at 1:55 pm
What a beautiful presentation of the buttonhole. Definitely inspiring.
Julie said,
January 23, 2012 at 4:23 pm
I love the variations in color. Nice work!