Stitching with a Shimmy

Shimmying through life with needles and thread…
February 24th, 2012 by deRomilly

TAST Week 8 – Chain Stitch

Chain Stitch Variations

My unfinished Chain stitch work – chain, broad chain, whipped chain, magic chain, and magic chain worked in a Fibonacci sequence through the middle.

The design is a highly simplified line drawing of an Art Nouveau swirly thingy I found in Dover’s Art Nouveau Motifs book and CD set. (No. 018) if you’re playing along!)

Click for more detail. The small spiral is worked in Renaissance Gallery’s Overture cotton (a lot like Caron Watercolors), and the big ones wrapped around in DMC – a hot pink and a variegated grey/black. I’ll probably finish this over the weekend, but I wanted to get it up on the day I promised y’all for TASTs. It’s been a busy week, and tonight we celebrate my goddess-son’s birthday… he’s 15, and I can’t believe it. It seems like yesterday!

Comments

9 Responses to “TAST Week 8 – Chain Stitch”
  1. Fibonacci?? oh wow.. I love how the colors change in the vertical swirl.

  2. I like the swirly

  3. THis is really great. Love it. Kathy

  4. I love your work, it looks great.
    Jorin

  5. I like this so much. Can’t wait to see it finished. I just love the flow of the lines.

  6. First thought I had was a univers, or at least Saturn. Very nice design.

  7. Elmsley Rose says

    Love the piece, love the new site :-)

  8. Crazyqstitcher says

    How did I miss this? I love the swirl and colours

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