Kasia’s Weekly Threads - Issue 77
Yaaay! Another Friday together!
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Did you have a good week my friend? I hope you did, but I know that we don’t always have good weeks.
Not to worry, I’m here with a fresh delivery of colourful pictures, tactile fabrics, new ideas and this week even a video tutorial.
Yup! I think I’m spoiling you now. I had a bit of extra time today 😝
Last week I shared photos of a whipped buttonhole stitch. I think that’s what it’s called…
Well I am whipping… and there’s a buttonhole stitch… so I guess that’s what it is.
I promised to show you how it’s done, if you don’t know how. Geniuses can scroll on.
Here’s how it started years ago.
(Oh by the way, the photos are all from my scrappy soft book pictured right at the top of this page.)
The pink and yellow flower above was stitched many moons ago. I filled the petals in a buttonhole stitch and really loved how these shapes ended up looking.
So then I stitched another flower with similar stacked shapes, “petals” if you like in rows sitting on top of each other. And I added a whipped stitched line along the edge.
Pretty sloppy work 😂, but who cares, I was enjoying myself and testing different stitches.
So then I made another one. Same stacked wavy petals and with the whipped stitched edges. This was becoming fun!
Then I went all out and stacked petals upon petals. I did the buttonhole stitch really dense and then to do the edges I used only three strands which gave me a sharper and finer outline.
And this brings me to…
Drumrollll….! 🥁
This video tutorial below is what I just recorded for you. Literally just now.
I show you how to stitch the whole shape, I talk throughout explaining why and what and where and how.
The video is the length of a small cup of tea.
Enjoy!
P.S. if you want to stitch along with me grab the pattern by clicking the button below. Just print it at home and trace onto white fabric.
Close up
Here is the buttonhole stitch all done on the same kind of shapes and with whipped edges. Except the first one in the top left. But I included that so you can see how it kind of evolved.
The blue and yellow one below is what I stitch in the video tutorial and what you can download above, so you can print it out and stitch it with me.
If you watched the video tutorial of this, then you can examine all the edges and see the details that i was explaining.
Maker Of The Week
- ANNE HODGSON -
Take a look at this creative wonder-womans projects! Not only did she do a beautiful job of embroidering the yellow marigolds (August pattern in The Wednesday Tribe), but she also sewed the bag and it’s made of denim! i love that! But also her hand stitched cushion is photobombing in the background, asking for attention, and rightly so! That’s the “Olga” pattern stitched on a what looks like a raw linen. But as if all that wasn’t enough… Anne is also a knitter 😳
That is a stack of talents inside just one person.
👏👏👏👏👏
From The Tribe
Exciting announcement for you today!
(That’s why I made the background blue… so it would stand out from the rest )
Are you ready my lovelies?
The doors to The Wednesday Tribe are now open for the next two weeks! You’ll find every detail of this magical tribe by clicking the button below. And there’s also a freebie waiting for you in there. It’s the welcome guide for new members which I’m giving away so you can have a read and see what it’s like, read about the materials to gather, the thread colours we use and more. See you in there!
Till Next Week!
I was going to tell you about the other two TWT designs that topped the voting poll but let’s leave that for next week. I think I packed enough into this weeks newsletter.
Plus it’s good to have a back up topic just in case I don’t have much to talk about next Friday… as if! haha!
Already have at least ten exciting things lined up.
Wishing you a beautiful weekend. We’re off for a family trip to my friends farm who will be showing us her organic food garden. Can’t wait!
Sending you big hugs and sooo much love xxx
