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February 13, 2007
Take a Stitch Tuesday
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February 13, 2007
February 13, 2007 at 7:59 am
Brilliant idea – I am all for it! Mary 🙂
February 13, 2007 at 8:04 am
Brilliant solution, Sharon. It gives each stitcher the responsibility to post her own work, in a way that is foolproof. Good thinking!
February 13, 2007 at 8:28 am
This is a great idea Sharon, Anything to make it easier for you I say! Go for it. Thanks so much for organising this great project, it is a fab way to work in such a vast and international community of artists.Love carol
February 13, 2007 at 8:59 am
Sharon,
I think this is a very good idea. I know I have thought myself how do you keep up with all the different blogs and such to see what everyone has done. I vote for uploading our picture to flicker or post here when it is uploaded to our blogs. MHO, Have a great day, Tina
February 13, 2007 at 9:24 am
Sharon, firstly I think anything that simplifies things for you has to be a winner!! so I am happy to do as you suggest. I don’t know how you find the time to do all you do, you must be a lot more disciplined than me, VBG. I think I must have ESP as well, I was not at all surprised when our stitch this week was feather. I’m looking forward to snatching a few minutes to play with it later today. I have a theory about the upsurge of CQ too, I will elaborate on my blog soon. Christine in soggy Sydney.
February 13, 2007 at 9:33 am
Good idea Sharon and it will free you of a massive workload on Sundays and make us responsible for our own communication.
February 13, 2007 at 9:37 am
I also think it is a great idea where everyone can be responsible for uploading their own photos. It assures noone is missed also. I can only imagine all of the time and effort you have put into the TAST when you count the ‘weekly’ roundups and not even include the stitching portion.
February 13, 2007 at 9:47 am
Sharon…this works for me too. So much easier for you I would think and I’m all for that!
February 13, 2007 at 10:08 am
Having worked out how to comment (shows how computer illiterate I am) Yes I am all for it as it always seemed such a time consuming thing for you to do.
February 13, 2007 at 10:16 am
Sharon, could I possibly add a request/suggestion? You know how at the top of your blog you have a link to Take A Stitch Tuesday, and in that link page you are listing a link to Week 1, Week 2 etc. Would it be possible for you to name the stitch in the link as well, ie Week 1 Herringbone, Week 2 Buttonhole? That way if someone wants to add a comment to say they’ve finished a stitch sample from one of the older weeks then it’s obvious which link to click on. Just a thought.
February 13, 2007 at 10:26 am
good Idea Dy – will do!
February 13, 2007 at 10:52 am
I think this is a very goed idea! Can I also join the challenge then? I already started:)
Corina
February 13, 2007 at 11:11 am
Corina – YES!! Of course this means anyone with website or photo account of any kind can join. I always felt uneasy about insisting on blogs or flickr because of RSS feeds – its more inclusive this way.
I will write a post about it tomorrow but I think its the best way to run it and people seem happy enough to do it.
February 13, 2007 at 11:13 am
I think your idea is fine, I certainly will work with it,I love looking at all the different lessons. I was thinking about you on Sunday, wondering how you did all the things you do…. ahhh
February 13, 2007 at 1:05 pm
I think it sounds like a wonderful idea.
February 13, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Sharon, That’s a great idea. However we can save time for you, you’re so generous with it for us!
HUGZ:)
Candi
February 13, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Let’s see if I got this right. I just posted a comment for TAST 6 giving the URL’s for my eyelet samplers.
http://mindblogglings.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/playswithfibers/
So when I finish my feather stitching I post here?
February 13, 2007 at 2:51 pm
I think that’s a great idea, Sharon. I know that writing the round-up is a lot of work for you.
You used to do a “weekly highlight” type of deal, maybe you could do something like that again, where you “highlight” some of the more interesting uses of the stitch. It wouldn’t take as long that way and would help people see the possibilities of what the stitch can do. I’ve already learned so much from TAST. Part of it is just trying new stitches and part of it is seeing people push the stitch in ways I’ve never thought of. Either way, I’m appreciative that you’re running TAST.
Also, I noticed that somebody mentioned something about commenting on older stitches… I know that, for a while at least, you were closing comments to a page after a certain amount of time. Is that still the case?
February 13, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Sharon,
I think this is a great idea, as I just can’t imagine how you find the time to write the round up (on which I spend my best moment on Sundays, by the way). Just reading it takes a long time, so writing it must be even longer.
Anything that lets us have a look at each other’s embroidery and that does not stress you too much is most welcome.
Thank you again for setting this challenge up.
February 13, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Sharon,
I think it is a great idea – you must be hard pressed to say something different about each sample of the same stitch! I usually just go to the flickr TAST site if I am pressed for time. You deserve a break!
LinMoon of http://purple-fan.blogspot.com
February 13, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Great idea. Anything that makes life easier for us all is fine by me!
February 13, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Thank you. Good idea!
I also would say that TAST has been the beginning of ATC exchanges! Nice isn’t it?
February 13, 2007 at 6:29 pm
It is a good idea Sharon and it will give you a relief on Sunday! I will see how it works later this week, but I think I understand 🙂
February 13, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Great idea.
February 13, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Hi Sharon, I think that’s a good idea, but would it save you even more work if we put our comment to say we’ve left a sample on the TAST blog? Then you wouldn’t have to moderate all the comments on Inaminuteago. it would just mean adding a post each week to the TAST blog for the featured stitch, so we could attach our comments to the right post.
February 13, 2007 at 7:59 pm
I agree, it is great idea.
I use already feather stitch on my creation made last year (see on http://www.flickr.com/photos/imichalova/180875919/, but I still want to make something more.
February 13, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Hi Sharon,
I think it’s a great idea!
Thank you very much for everything you do! I’m learning so much and having a great time doing it.
February 13, 2007 at 9:19 pm
good idea. i second the chorus of anything to make your life easier.
Thank you for your time.
neki desu
February 13, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Hello, Sharon!
I think, this is a really good idea!
February 13, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Great idea Sharon, anything to help out is fine by me.
http://crazyqstitcher.blogspot.com/
February 14, 2007 at 12:41 am
Sharon, I think it’s an excellent idea. It would take a lot of the burden off you but still provide a nice round-up/inspiration. I’m all for it! Kate
February 14, 2007 at 12:43 am
That’s a great idea Sharon.
I’ve managed to catch up for the last two weeks (and I even have this weeks stitch as well).
http://frog-stitch.blogspot.com/2007/02/tast-catch-up.html
February 14, 2007 at 1:10 am
Sharon,
I think it’s a fine plan to place the responsibility on us for letting you know that we’ve participated each week.
February 14, 2007 at 1:19 am
Great idea! I’m all for it.
Peggy
February 14, 2007 at 1:28 am
Works for me… it would give you a bit of a break.
I actually did some stitching last night and I’m determined to get caught up and stay caught up!
February 14, 2007 at 1:31 am
Sharon,
I think this is a great idea, not only will it make things easier for you but also will save time for us. I love to explore all the sites listed in the webring and the flickr sites but it is very time consuming to see whether or not there is anything new added.
I know that you spend a huge amount of time on this challenge and really commend you on doing this for us all.
Susan
http://crazyquiltsusan.vox.com/
February 14, 2007 at 4:07 am
A wonderful way to save you all that time,
I ended up making my Brown paper sample into a small vessell, I have loved rediscovering hand stitch, thank you Sharon
http://textiletales.blogspot.com
February 14, 2007 at 4:25 am
Fabulous idea, Sharon! All-around relieving, and promotes not only your TAST page but also the Flickr site. I’m all for it!
February 14, 2007 at 7:16 am
I think it is a great idea Sharon – having just marked 15 assignments from my students and preparing for teaching next week, I know how busy you must be preparing for teaching at Uni. This way will hopefully give you more time to enjoy everyone’s work and to do more stitching yourself.
I have just posted some new and old samples on my blog at http://stitchnpatch.blogspot.com/
Vicki
February 14, 2007 at 9:28 am
I really enjoyed working on feather stitch this week. Thanks for organizing this challenge…
http://quiltpixie.blogspot.com
February 14, 2007 at 12:18 pm
I made a bookmark with stitches from weeks 2, 3 and 4 (those comments are closed, so guess I’ll post here!).
I’ve discussed my entire design process for this bookmark in my blog:
Studio Window
http://cameoroze.blogspot.com/2007/02/take-stitch-tuesday-buttonhole-chain.html
CameoRoze
February 14, 2007 at 2:47 pm
I think it’s a swell idea!! Good thinking…
MC
http://www.needlenthread.com
February 14, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Great idea Sharon I just have to figure out how I go about it-but I have figured out everything else so why not this.
February 14, 2007 at 2:54 pm
I’ve got it –that didn’t take long now did it.
Thanks Sharon I’m learning a lot because of you
February 14, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Doreen I was barracking for you – great!
February 15, 2007 at 12:14 am
Hi,
My week 7’s challenge is done; again on an ATC form…
http://www.berget.fr/broderie/techniques/challenge_tast/tast.html#epine
February 15, 2007 at 1:30 am
Since I am just starting the TAST challenge, I like this idea. I had started a fan block and was using the feather stitch and its variations as a starting point for all the seams. Have posted pics on my blog, http://novasblossoms.blogspot.com
February 15, 2007 at 1:42 am
I think this is a great idea too Sharon, I always wondered how on earth you were going to cope with it all and have time to spare to do some stitching yourself and go to bed.
Something seems to have gone wrong with Digital Gran as I’m listed as being De Ann with a Flikr account called Digital Gran. I do have an account but hardly ever use it(smile) I have been doing the stiches every week, so maybe my Bloglines isn’t working or something, because I noticed that all my subscribers seem to have vanished. I will have to look into it. sorry about that.
February 15, 2007 at 7:44 am
I have posted some feather stitching on my blog at http://purple-fan.blogspot.com
and will also put pix on the flickr TAST group.
-LinMoon
February 15, 2007 at 7:13 pm
I just posted a feather stitch sampler for this week on my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_elegant_stitcher/. Also caught up on Week 4 (cretan) and Week 5 (chevron) samplers and posted them. They are also on the TAST Flickr Group.
Week 5 includes some stitched tassels – the instructions can be found on Annie’s Blog here http://loopylace.com/anniescrazyworld/?m=20060723
February 15, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Feather stitch on Flickr and on my blog.
http://alteringthoughts.blogspot.com/
February 15, 2007 at 8:43 pm
I’m ready with my feather stitches aswell!
you can have a look on my blog: http://boskez.blogspot.com/index.html;
or flickr pages: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boskez/390974370/
Elisabeth Z
February 15, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Stitched 5 different variations of feather in 5 different threads. Have a look-see at http://susaneta.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/tast-feather-stitch/
February 15, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Sharon, is Dorset feather stitch a different type of feather stitch? If it is done the same way, which in samples I’ve seen it appears to be, why is it called that? Maybe the typical designs worked, or, it simply denotes stitching that is done in Dorset(UK county)?
February 16, 2007 at 4:12 am
I posted my sample today Sharon, along with a charted version for working on Waste Canvas.
http://www.kittyandmedesigns.blogspot.com/
Sharon, thank you again for initiating this fun challenge!
February 16, 2007 at 4:17 am
Mine’s up for anyone wanting to take a look!
http://magpiesmumblings.blogspot.com
February 16, 2007 at 10:38 am
I have done some more work on my crazy blocks, including feather stitch – though I’d still like to go back and try some of the variations I’ve seen. When I have extra time (ha).
http://katestast.blogspot.com
February 16, 2007 at 2:12 pm
I have posted my feather stitches on my blog http://www.mlsouthernbreeze.blogspot.com. This is one of my favorite stitches.
February 16, 2007 at 5:49 pm
My feather stitch is on my blog http://backvalleyseasons.blogspot.com I had done it before but it was nice to do it for my sample page. I hope I am doing this correctly
February 16, 2007 at 7:34 pm
I like this stitch a lot but earlier sewing it has been diifficult. Now I found the free type of stitching and enjoyed it a lot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/helinacq/
Helina in Finland
February 16, 2007 at 9:58 pm
I found out I’d only been doing one type of feather stitch and missing some nice effects. http://www.artbybethrobinson.com/journal/2007/2/15/take-a-stitch-tuesday-feather-stitch.html
February 16, 2007 at 10:20 pm
I have posted my Feather Stitch sample for this week.
http://doreeng.blogspot.com/
February 16, 2007 at 10:24 pm
I made three samples this week. It took a while for me to figure out how to use feather stitch in my own way.
http://www.fabthreads.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabthreads/
fabthreads@gmail.com
Have a nice weekend!
Annica/ Fabulous Threads
February 17, 2007 at 12:59 am
Here’s my feather stitch sample:
http://creatilfun.blogspot.com/2007/02/feather-stitch.html
Francoise
February 17, 2007 at 3:46 am
http://alliesinstitches.blogspot.com/2007/02/tast-feather-stitch.html
Really enjoyed playing with the feather stitch!
February 17, 2007 at 8:23 am
Here is the link to my feather stitch sample. I really enjoyed this one. Thanks Sharon!
http://postcards-and-stuff.blogspot.com/
February 17, 2007 at 8:27 am
I’ve added feather stitch to my bag
http://heegeldab.blogspot.com/2007/02/tast-week-6-algerian-eye-stitch.html
February 17, 2007 at 8:29 am
sorry, Sharon. i sent wrong url earlier.
here’s my feather stitch:
http://heegeldab.blogspot.com/2007/02/tast-week-7-feather-stitch.html
February 17, 2007 at 8:34 am
Here is the link to my blog. I really enjoyed feather stitch, thanks Sharon!
http://postcards-and-stuff.blogspot.com/
February 17, 2007 at 8:35 am
I have just finished my Feather Stitch sample and it’s on http://www.digitalgran.blogspot.com
February 17, 2007 at 4:24 pm
My feather stitch is posted on my blog http://www.joyfulstitching.blogspot.com
I was very sorry about not being able to start earlier. My own health was a problem (resulting in hearing aids). What I wasn’t “allowed” to blog about (because she said it would make her sound feeble and clumsy etc.) was Mom’s fall. Ice on the driveway, a slip, and she smashed her face into the front of her car. The resulting massive bruising, swelling and stiffness made it almost impossible for her to see, eat… well you get the idea. She is much better now and is even beginning to look presentable!
February 17, 2007 at 5:24 pm
I love the feather stitch. I’ve done my mini sampler and am working on some other pieces. http://katemadeloso.vox.com/
February 17, 2007 at 7:43 pm
I have used Feather stitch on an ATC sized CQ and a textured background PC (which is still a WIP).
http://quiltsatcs.blogspot.com/2007/02/tast-feather.html
February 18, 2007 at 12:01 am
Some feather stitch experiments are posted at
http://quietermoments.wordpress.com/
February 18, 2007 at 12:20 am
hi
seems that my announcement went awol:)
already posted my feather stitch
http://amovablefeast.bolgspot.com
good weekend to all
neki desu
February 18, 2007 at 1:36 am
Great idea. I’m a bit late posting my efforts on my blog. I’ve just added my version of Algerian Star and I posted Chevron stitch on Tuesday just off to start on Fly stitch.
http://www.artoftextiles.blogspot.com
February 18, 2007 at 1:38 am
oops I mean Feather Stitch
February 18, 2007 at 4:07 am
I have posted my week 7 sampler under
It is also in the TAST flickr group.
February 18, 2007 at 5:57 am
I finally got here by way of clicking on someone else’s post on the right hand side.
Anyway, I’ve done the feather stitch to highlight the center of a small quiltlet in a New Zealand pattern. I’ve put it up in the flickr group. I did work with some of the other options of the stitch; it’s a very easy one, but looks really nice.
February 18, 2007 at 7:08 am
Ok, not sure if this the feather stitch page or not. Anyway, my mini sampler is up on both my blog & flickr
February 18, 2007 at 8:52 am
Hi, my effort for feather stitch is on the blog:
http://smockery.blogspot.com/2007/02/tast-feather.html
and I’ve also put a picture up on the TAST Flickr Group.
February 18, 2007 at 8:55 am
Hi everyone
I’ve started catching up! Week one – Herringbone and Week 7 Feather stitch pieces are now on my flickr site and the TAST group page.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luci_f/
February 18, 2007 at 9:06 am
This week’s mask utilizing the feather stitch has been posted at on Flickr & at http://dakinidreams.blogspot.com/2007/02/tast-week-7-feather-stitch.html.
February 18, 2007 at 9:31 am
Sharon, Thanks for doing this for us all. I am more than happy to post my link. You deserve a break – and I hope your virus clears up soon.
Margaret
http://lifeneedleworkandeverything.blogspot.com/2007/02/tast-7-feather-stitch.html
February 18, 2007 at 10:40 am
Are they hearts or tessalating fish lips? Check out my feather stitch on my Flickr site or at the TAST group page.
Gayle
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitchintime
February 18, 2007 at 11:29 am
I did samples of feather stitch and a freestyle algerian eye project.
February 18, 2007 at 11:30 am
forgot to put the link:
http://vivian-institches.blogspot.com/
February 18, 2007 at 3:16 pm
I have posted my 2 samples using feather stitch
February 18, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Hi ,my feather stitches are on my blog as usual.
Ati on the crazy road.
http://malinaplass.blogspot.com
February 18, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Hi Sharon, I posted a feather stitch visual diary Page on tuesday http://loopylace.com/anniescrazyworld/?p=347 and today have posted the seam I stitched http://loopylace.com/anniescrazyworld/?p=352
February 19, 2007 at 1:32 am
Finally finished, my Feather stitch sample and details can be found on my blog:
http://maryburton.blogspot.com/
also on my Flickr site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryburton/
February 19, 2007 at 5:51 am
Feather Stitch samples are now on my blog.
February 19, 2007 at 7:45 am
I finished my Feather stitch. This is the first time for me to do one. I have really enjoyed learning these stitches.
http://thelmassewnthings.blogspot.com
February 19, 2007 at 9:31 am
This is my feather stitch sampler, a very usable stitch.
http://mariyarn.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/tast-week-7-feather-stitch/
February 20, 2007 at 12:39 am
My 7 week stitch, on a scrapbook album
http://corinaj.wordpress.com
February 20, 2007 at 6:54 am
I made my samples.
My blog: http://aboutivana.blogspot.com/2007/02/tast-feather-stitch.html#links
My flickr:
February 20, 2007 at 11:19 am
Mega Prayer’s to you! Feel the peace of the Lord all around you! My link to tast http://lavenderbetweenthecracks.blogspot.com
February 22, 2007 at 6:48 am
My link to my feather stitch sample is here http://faffingabout.blogspot.com
February 23, 2007 at 6:02 am
I have finished my feather stitch sample. http://jayderose.blogspot.com/
It’s just a basic no count free hand.
February 23, 2007 at 6:05 am
My feather stitch sample is done. It’s just a basic free handed sample.
http://jayderose.blogspot.com/
February 25, 2007 at 2:15 am
Here’s my feather stitch sample:
http://sharons-artjournal.blogspot.com/2007/02/tast-challenge-feather-stitch.html
February 26, 2007 at 12:37 am
My feather stitch sample is done. Simple foliage with a few french knots for tiny flowers. http://randomapplique.blogspot.com/2007/02/take-stitch-tuesday-feather-stitch.html
February 27, 2007 at 7:58 am
Feather Stitch is one of my favorites (isn’t it everybody’s?). Anyway, I had fun with some new ways of stitching it and you can find them on my blog
http://normasneedlez.blogspot.com
March 7, 2007 at 12:21 am
Ok … better late than never – I finally blogged about my feather stitch – http://aykayem.blogspot.com/2007/03/feather-stitch-and-bag.html – I actually did the stitching that week … in fact I had already been doing some feather stitch on something I was working on at the time, because it is one of my favourites. I can usually find time to sneak in a few goes at the TAST stitch (lunch breaks at work/etc – in fact I had a go at this weeks stitch in my lunch break today 😉 but I am disorganised and my life is busy, so I don’t always get around to blogging about them as soon as I want to.
Andrea,
disorganised in Dunlop
(Dunlop is a suburb of Canberra, Australia)