Revelry Reflections

Our stitch along is now complete! You can find all of the instructions gathered together in one downloadable chart here: Revelry Reflections completed chart The completed instructions include the original color way, turquoise and silver, plus the stitch along color way, Pistachio Nut, named for the overdyed thread. Plus, there’s a place to record your

I’ve never understood how something named a “square” is actually a diamond shape. But there it is – a herringbone square makes a diamond shape rather than a square. For the herringbone squares I used 1 strand of Caron Collection Watercolours 007 Pistachio Nut. The original color way was stitched with Rainbow Gallery Splendor S865

In the last post I mentioned that the triangle Amadeus with a vertical and horizontal side, and one diagonal side, was open in the middle. I decided to try to work it out so that a right angle triangle would be closed in the center, and the reverse triangle Amadeus is the result. I’ve not

A triangle Amadeus is an interesting stitch, developed by Jean Hilton. When the triangle is stitched with 2 diagonal and 1 horizontal or vertical side, the center of the triangle is closed. When it is stitched with a horizontal and vertical side, and a diagonal side, the center is open. To fit our project, the

Since this is a project of stitches with their reverses, I had to work out the reverse of some stitches on my own – I’ve not seen them in stitch reference books. The reverse sprat’s head is one of those. For the reverse I used Rainbow Gallery Entice E280 Sandstorm. The original color way uses

A sprat’s head is an interesting stitch that looks woven in the center. The stitches lay on top of previous stitches but it is not woven, so relatively easy to stitch. I’ve heard two different things for this stitch. One is that it is named for the fin of a sprat, a small fish with

I think reverse waffle stitches were one of the first stitches I saw reversed. I love the difference between the waffles and reverse waffles. The waffle stitch has a lower center, and the reverse waffle has a raised center. It’s a nice contrast to a project! For this stitch I used Rainbow Gallery Neon Rays

Now let’s add some stitches to start expanding the design. Around the center we have waffles and reverse waffles, starting with waffles. I used Rainbow Gallery Neon Rays N98 Lite Lavender. The original color way used Rainbow Gallery Neon Rays N64 Aqua. It will take about 28″ to stitch two. I find it helps to

This time we have a simple satin stitch pattern, a brick stitch. Brick stitch is one of those versatile stitches you’ll use over and over, for small areas as here, or larger areas or background stitches. I used 4 strands of floss, DMC 964 Light Seagreen (this is an update, I thought it was 959

With the reverse teardrop crescents in place, we can stitch the teardrop crescents around the filling stitches. I’m using one strand of Caron Collection Watercolours 007 Pistachio Nut for my overdyed. I’ve used this color before, and it’s one of my favorites with the shades of purple, teal and beige. I worked with about 34″