Click here for On Point Wallet Instructions Area K The next part is a diagonal row of tied sheaf stitches. Well, they aren’t actually tied sheaf stitches but a modification of tied sheaf stitches. Traditional tied sheaf stitches are stitched with a number of straight lines, then a stitch that gathers them in the middle. […]
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No this isn’t a new picture – but we need a picture so I thought something spring-y would be nice. Anyway, we’ve made a few changes to the website and wanted you to know about them. SEARCH FEATURE – we’ve added a search feature to the site. We didn’t have one previously, but as we
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Click here for On Point Wallet instructions Area J We’re still working along the bottom edge, and this week it’s diagonal scotch stitches. I stitched them with two colors, but you can stitch them with one if you prefer. First I stitched with the main color. I selected a lighter color to serve as a
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Click here for On Point Wallet instructions Area I We are moving along in our stitch along. I know sometimes it seems like progress is slow, but the end is in sight! Today’s stitch is a motif of Rhodes diamonds. I chose the turquoise color for these to provide a little punch of color in
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March 17 is a lucky day in our family – it’s the day our delightful Emily was born! We consider ourselves lucky to have her, and I thought for March I would let you all in our great good luck! Do you remember looking for 4-leaf clovers when you were a kid? There was something
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Click here for On Point Wallet stitch along instructions Area H Don’t you love Bargello! It can take several shapes, but here it’s a relatively simple triangle shape, in color gradations from darkest at the top to lightest at the bottom. Bargello is just straight stitches. Here the straight stitches are over 4 canvas threads
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Click here for On Point Wallet instructions Area G Today’s area is upright rice stitches, stitched in rows in three different colors. An upright rice stitch is a relatively simple stitch – an upright cross stitch (stitches 1 and 3), with tying stitches across the legs of the upright cross stitch (stitches 5, 7, 9
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Click here for On Point Wallet Area F instructions Today’s portion of the stitch along is another small, very narrow border stitch. I like the contrast between the very light upright diamond rays last week, and the very dark turquoise this week. If the border were wider I might not like the very dark color,
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Click here for On Point Wallet design Area E Instructions We didn’t do a whole lot last week with the border stitch, but this week we cover more ground with an upright diamond ray stitch. I chose a light color because there was so much of it, and I didn’t want this area to overwhelm
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Click Here for On Point Wallet Design instructions Area D The next part of our design is a great border stitch, but it also works to separate one area from another. I liked the very dark color to visually define the areas, since this design doesn’t have a specific focal point. Or does it? I
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