I don’t know how many times I made 1, 2, 3 or even 4 of these little heart things and it wasn’t right and I had to rip it all out. I got them all done once and realized the third heart I had made was wrong. Ripped #4 and #3 out, re-did them and realized the 2nd heart was wrong, ripped all three back and saw something wrong with #1.
I really need to learn to practice til I’m comfortable with something before starting it for real because usually, it takes me a while to get into a rhythm. Now these “large sprats head heart flowers” are not hard for me to do. It just took me a while to get the hang of it. With the linen, where the threads are wider makes the space farther apart between the strands and I’m not crazy about that. I’m using 32 count fabric which isn’t my favorite count but . . I’ll love it when it’s done.
I practiced on my actual linen. I figured if it worked, I have the first flower done. If not, I’ll move down a bit and do it again. I think I’ll keep this one and consider my first flower is done.
Some of the other stitches, I can’t even figure out what’s top, side or bottom on the diagram for placing on the fabric but hopefully by the time I get to it, I’ll have a better understanding.
justquiltin says
Well done!!!!
Dorothy Matheson says
As a member of the Embroidery Guild locally for 10 years I can say that you should only do the stitches on a practice piece and the final one should be done on the linen with fresh thread. Each time you pull the thread through the hole a little of the thread rubbs off. So the thread is less fresh looking on the third time on the stitching of the motif.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I never re-use thread. If I have to rip back, I always wstart with fresh thread.
OK . . riddle me this. If I make a practice stitch on a piece of scrap linen, what’s the difference if I make the same practice flower on the linen I intend to use? If I’m happy with it, fine. Flower #1 is stitched. If not, I make a few more practice flowers in that same area and then move down 2.5″ to start the real stitching?
Dorothy Matheson says
The motif does look just correctly stitched. So that is very good.