I show two views of this piece here
You'll notice I took some liberties with it here and there, too, since I am not a fan of rigidly adhering to stitch patterns. For my taste, I like to see more of a flow to the thread, a bit of a life of its own!
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
TAST Week Four Cretan Stitch, I think
I included this in one of the current silk pieces in process, but had a difficult time seeing the difference between this and other previous stitches in the series. Perhaps this was my execution,but what I did, though I like the look of it, seems not different enough from say feather stitch, or even running fly, to merit its own title. But this is just me!
I show two views of this piece here
You'll notice I took some liberties with it here and there, too, since I am not a fan of rigidly adhering to stitch patterns. For my taste, I like to see more of a flow to the thread, a bit of a life of its own!
I show two views of this piece here
You'll notice I took some liberties with it here and there, too, since I am not a fan of rigidly adhering to stitch patterns. For my taste, I like to see more of a flow to the thread, a bit of a life of its own!
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I'm liking the way you embroider. I get so hooked up in trying to make mine look perfect. The free-form work has great character.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.. KAthy
ReplyDeleteLovely.
ReplyDeleteLovely and creative Kathy. And Thank You for visiting my blog
ReplyDeleteI had difficulties too to see the difference between cretan and feather stitchs, especially since I'm not sure what is the French translation: point crétois, point d'épine, point d'arête... where is the good one ?
ReplyDeleteBut I love your attempts and your fabric.
I too get caught up in trying to make my stitches perfect - I admire your more freeform approach (even if it wasn't exactly where you intended to go with it).
ReplyDeletedefinitely loving your approach.. I was too caught up in perfection. Next time I'm going to let the stitches fall where they may! :)
ReplyDeleteI like your interpretation.
ReplyDeleteYou're not alone! I've been feeling like I'm doing the same stitch, just different variations of it, but I guess that's how the stitches came to be in the first place. Very nice work!
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