Hello everyone,
Hope everything is fine in your little world.
Today's post is a quick one just meant to show you a variation of buttonhole stitch. This stitch is not my creation. It was in fact demonstrated by a fellow blogger,Lakshmi, long time back.
Since the tutorial has been taken off and a few in the hand embroidery group on FB were searching for it, I decided to post a "how to" for the same.
In the original tutorial the stitch was named as shaded buttonhole stitch - but I beg to differ - I believe that a stitch is a "shaded variation" only if I as an embroiderer contribute in the shading - but in this case, the shading is entirely because of the usage of the variegated thread and we have no control over it. Let us see some pics...
Yeah, I know the embroidery is poor and photographs too..this post will remind me
1) not to walk around and stitch especially when your child is behind you asking you to play with her
2) not to stitch in a hurry
3) not to use mobile for clicking pics and
4) use a tightly woven cloth,especially for buttonhole stitch [embarrassed smile]
Anyway, did you notice any difference? You can click on the pic for a better view. The left is normal buttonhole stitch and the right is the backless buttonhole. If you observe carefully, you can see that for the right hand side flower, between the normal buttonhole stitches there's an extra stitch coming in.That's the catch!!!
If you're not convinced,I'll show you the reverse side. Here it is...
Now let me show you how it is done. Again apologies for the poor pics. Lesson learnt - What looks good in mobile,may not turn out to be so in real.
Here's the normal method...
In the normal method, you have to go down at A and come up at B to complete the stitch.
In the backless buttonhole , there's a little bit extra up and down involved. Down at A,up at B,down at C and up at D. The AB and CD stitches should be kept small. Click on the pic for a better view. When this method is used with two strands of variegated silk thread, you get a shaded effect.
I hope the method is clear. Do try it out and let me know your thoughts on this variation of buttonhole stitch.
Love,luck and sunshine,
Deepa
Hope everything is fine in your little world.
Today's post is a quick one just meant to show you a variation of buttonhole stitch. This stitch is not my creation. It was in fact demonstrated by a fellow blogger,Lakshmi, long time back.
Since the tutorial has been taken off and a few in the hand embroidery group on FB were searching for it, I decided to post a "how to" for the same.
In the original tutorial the stitch was named as shaded buttonhole stitch - but I beg to differ - I believe that a stitch is a "shaded variation" only if I as an embroiderer contribute in the shading - but in this case, the shading is entirely because of the usage of the variegated thread and we have no control over it. Let us see some pics...
Two flowers with buttonhole stitch.
Yeah, I know the embroidery is poor and photographs too..this post will remind me
1) not to walk around and stitch especially when your child is behind you asking you to play with her
2) not to stitch in a hurry
3) not to use mobile for clicking pics and
4) use a tightly woven cloth,especially for buttonhole stitch [embarrassed smile]
Anyway, did you notice any difference? You can click on the pic for a better view. The left is normal buttonhole stitch and the right is the backless buttonhole. If you observe carefully, you can see that for the right hand side flower, between the normal buttonhole stitches there's an extra stitch coming in.That's the catch!!!
If you're not convinced,I'll show you the reverse side. Here it is...
Now let me show you how it is done. Again apologies for the poor pics. Lesson learnt - What looks good in mobile,may not turn out to be so in real.
Here's the normal method...
I hope the method is clear. Do try it out and let me know your thoughts on this variation of buttonhole stitch.
Love,luck and sunshine,
Deepa
Thanks a lot, Deepak.Shaded or backless, this was the stitch I was looking for.
ReplyDeleteMeena K.
nice post..... and explained well
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting .
ReplyDeleteThe backless buttonhole has an added advantage of adding Texture & Filling to the front side of embroidery ! One does not need to 'fill the gaps' with straight stitches ... gaps which are natural when working on uneven arcs.
Thanks for sharing :-))
I hadn't seen this stitch before, so thanks for posting it. This would certainly add more interest and texture.
ReplyDeleteHi Deepa, I've been following your beautiful embroidery for ages, but don't often comment, being quite a quiet blogger, but this is such a lovely explanation of a variety of buttonhole that I've never seen before. My local embroidery guild have set a stitch project for all of us, and this was my stitch. They will be fascinated, in this quiet little town on the south coast of England, to know that I learnt this stitch from a lovely lady in Bangalore through the magic of the Intenet. Love, luck and sunshine to you too, your posts always make me smile :-)
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