CQJP and TAST week 22

Week 22  Take A Stitch Tuesday http://pintangle.com/tast-faq/ was similar to one we had before but with a knot added.  It was called Knotted Cretan Stitch. Since this was a 5th week in the month I added it to my 4th week.

 

                                  

 

I have been doing my Crazy Quilt Journal Project block in four quarters so since I had a fifth weeks stitch I added it to the center of my May Block.

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My May Crazy Quilt Journal Project is finished!   http://www.cqjp2012.blogspot.com/   I like the spring feel of my flower block with its tatted flowers and butterfly.

 

                                   

CQJP and TAST week 21

Butterfly Chain  was  week  21′s   Take A Stitch Tuesday’s stitch. 

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I liked this stitch which is done in two steps.  A foundation row of three vertical straight stitches is followed by a twisted Chain stitch which ties them together.

 

                                   

 

 

The forth quarter on my Crazy Quilt Journal Project used the Butterfly Chain Stitch.   http://www.cqjp2012.blogspot.com/

I also added a small tatted flower with a bead center.

 

 

                                   

CQJP and TAST week 20

This week the stitch for Take A Stitch Tuesday http://pintangle.com/ was the Bullion knot stitch.  This is also known as bullion stitch, caterpillar stitch, coil stitch, grub knot, knot stitch, post stitch, Porto Rico rose and worm stitch.  I liked this stitch although sometimes I had a hard time keeping the thread wrapped around the needle as I did the final needle entry.               

 

                                

 

This third quarter of the Crazy Quilt Journal Project block used the Bullion knot stitch to join the various fabric pieces together.

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I also tatted a yellow butterfly to use on it.

 

                                 

CQJP and TAST week 19

 

The stitch for this week was the half Chevron stitch which is a variety of Herringbone stitch.  This is already week 19 of Take A Stitch Tuesday.

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On the second quarter of  the block I used the Half Chevron stitch done in a variety of colors and added a small tatted flower near the center top of the block.

 

                               

CQJP and TAST week 18

 

A variation of the Buttonhole stitch, Crossed Buttonhole Stitch was the one for week 18  of Take A Stitch Tuesday. http://pintangle.com/tast-faq/

Once again I struggled with getting the stitches even and of the same length.

 

                          

                              Crossed Buttonhole Stitch

                          

 

I decided to use flower fabric on my May Crazy Quilt Journal Project block.

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I used all Crossed Buttonhole stitch on this first quarter of the block.  Free form tatted flowers were also added.   I like the way it looks.

 

 

                        

CQJP and TAST week 17

 

The Wheatear stitch is this weeks stitch for  Take A Stitch Tuesday.

 http://pintangle.com/tast-faq/ This was a brand new stitch for me.  It was a bit hard at the start but I really liked it the more I did it.

 

                                  

 

 

On the forth quarter of my April Crazy Quilt Journal Project http://www.cqjp2012.blogspot.com  I added the Wheatear stitch in two colors and a motif from some lace.

 

                                     

 

This completes my APRIL CQJP BLOCK……..4 down and 8 to go.

 

                                   

CQJP & TAST week 16

This weeks stitch for Take A Stitch Tuesday  http://pintangle.com/tast-faq/ was French Knot…also known as French dot, knotted stitch, twisted knot stitch and wound stitch.  All but the wound stitch seemed appropriate.  I had only used this stitch as the center of flowers on pillowcases so I tried it as an outline for some cactus shapes.

 

 

                        

 

 

On the third quarter of my April Crazy Quilt Journal Project http://www.cqjp2012.blogspot.com/ I already had some rickrack.  This quarter is very simple with only the addition of a little running stitch and French knot stitches.

 

                         

 

We left Yuma, Az and are now in Vacaville, CA waiting to visit our daughter Cindy when she arrives home from  San Miguel, Mexico where she and the veterinarian she works with have been doing a teaching trip to an under served area.  They do more trips in the USA. Read about this program at

http://www.r-vets.org/index.html