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    This is Annie Whitsed's Crazy World a world where I stitch the joys and chaos of life into beautifull crazy quilts. email annie@loopylace.com
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My Band Sampler 195 – TAST II stitch 01 Diamond stitch Inspired by Others – Details 1030 to 1035 March 11th, 2010

International Women’s Day

After I had done my diamond stitch variations I had a look around to see what others had done with the stitch and here are a few that appealed to me.

For the curved detail I have shirley’s twisted threads to thank, I love the way the Shirley used the running stitches to finish off the end.

For the vertical detail on the right I have Maureen to thank, I liked the line formed by the mixed random sized seam, looks a bit like a tall candle stick.

I have Textile Explorations to thank for both the beaded details.

The bottom detail is the result of my thinking what if I did the stitches at an angle.

diamond sttich variations inspired by others

My Band Sampler 194 – TAST II stitch 01 Diamond Stitch – Details 1024 to 1029 March 8th, 2010

I am partisipating in TAST II That is Take A Stitch Tuesday round 2.

Week 1 is Diamond Stitch

I started with a size 5 cotton pearl thread.
Then tried it with a size 5 Rayon pearl twist thread.
Still using the rayon I elongated the distance between the stitches,.
Then using a size 8 cotton pearl I worked alternate stitches wider to get a zig zag edge.
With a size 8 Rayon Pearl twist thread I not only alternated narrow and wide stitches but used a longer stitch at the edges of the wider stitches.
I like this stitch but don’t much enjoy doing it because it is realy hard to keep an even tension on the loops so for the bottom row, still using the size 8 Rayon, added a bead to the thread before doing the left side loop and then went through the bead again to connect the diamonds, it was a little easier to work but it was still difficult to keep an even tension.

TAST2 Diamond Stitch

Box for my crazy quilted box topTo use Diamond Stitch on a crazy quilt I have done a seam on my Box Top.

Diamond stitch on my Box top