Friday, June 14, 2013

June Sampler-along: Sheaf Filling Stitch

Garden Path Sampler - WIP

Are you all ready for the second stitch for your Garden Path Sampler? As you can see, I've worked my section of Granito Stitch - a stitch I'd never, ever done before! Now it's time to add the second segment in Sheaf Filling Stitch, which is a lot of fun to work - let me show you how simple it is!


Sheaf Filling Stitch Tutorial

First stitch three straight stitches side-by-side:

Sheaf -1

Then bring needle back through the fabric, coming from beneath your straight stitches:

Sheaf -2

Bring your needle under the straight stitches from the other side, wrapping your thread around them:

Sheaf -3

And then take your needle back down through the fabric on the other side, essentially creating a second wrap around your little stitch bundle:

Sheaf - 4

And there you have it, a sea of tiny little Sheaf Stitches!

Sheaf Filling Stitch

Sheaf Filling Stitch is fun because you can change the look of it in so many ways - play around with the length of your stitches, how far apart they stand, how many wraps you give them. You can place them randomly as I have, work them in alternating rows checkerboard-style, or end-to-end in long columns!

If you're stitching along with us, don't forget to share your progress in the &Stitches Flickr Group or leave a link to your blog in the comments!

8 comments:

  1. Julie! They are so sweet! Like little bows! I really must get started on mine :)

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  2. This is such a pretty stitch! Love it... And I must have been doing it right, because Mr leaned over to look and said they looked like 'little wheat sheaves' - success!

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  3. I have never seen this stitch before - it's really beautiful. I will have to think of a way to use it in one of my projects. Thank you for sharing it with us.

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  4. Stitches appear much more simple when attacked one at the time like you are presenting. Thank you for taking the time with this for us.
    Blessings.

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  5. Little bow ties! They're adorable :)

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  6. love them little bows! Doing a course we just learned one similar yesterday, you'r tutorial/pics are very helpful!

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  7. Hola, que hermosos trabajos, me encantan las manualidades....aunque a veces me cuesta trabajo entender los bordados el punto de cruz si lo hago muy bien... GRACIAS POR MOSTRARNOS SUS TRABAJOS...
    SALUDOS CORDIALES

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  8. projet sympathique! je vais vous suivre! from France, nice project, I'll try to do it...

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