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.

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

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

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

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

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