Pink Stitching on Blue Indigo

I’ve really enjoyed adding hand stitching to my indigo piece.  I selected three colors of embroidery floss and used them alternately.  I started with a simple running stitch in the chevron area, later backed up with a stem stitch. Machine quilting was later added to play up the chevron pattern.

Pink Stitching on Blue Indigo. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I also used stem stitching to play up the undulating ripples in one of the shibori areas.

Pink Stitching on Blue Indigo. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

The other shibori area got stitching in the “base” area only.  Back stitch this time.

Pink Stitching on Blue Indigo. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Then it was time for French knots sprinkled in a random area.  I love these!

Pink Stitching on Blue Indigo. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

And my favorite: rows of blanket stitching.  This creates a look similar to netting, which I think is very effective.

Pink Stitching on Blue Indigo. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Don’t you like the way it undulates?  I wish I had done more of that. Combining rows like this was new to me.  Have you seen it before?

All this slow stitching gave me plenty of time to think about what should come next, and I ended up taking a fairly radical turn which I’ll show you soon.

Ellen Lindner

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2 Responses to Pink Stitching on Blue Indigo

  1. Kristin F May 15, 2018 at 9:13 am #

    I love your stitching on these shibori pieces. And I have never seen rows of blanket stitches together as you have done. It is an interesting effect!

  2. Ellen Lindner May 15, 2018 at 8:44 pm #

    Thanks, Kristin. I’m loving it too and am beginning to think about stitching on other pieces.

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