TAST Week 34 is Portuguese Stem Stitch…I used Portuguese stem stitch on several of the seams joining the blocks of mum’s memory quilt and I really liked the rhythm of this stitch.
 To try something different I used a thick metalic thread, all it gave was a thick line with no sign of the lovely shell shapes it forms with some threads.
I did another row with a thick cotton thread and you can see the Pattern in the stitch…I realized that when I stitched this second stitch I was taking a much longer stem stitch so that the wraps only cover part of it which creates a line that varies in width, I think it also accentuates the shell shape that I see in the pattern.
I then tried the metalic thread with a longer stitch…It is a little better but the pattern in the stitch doesn’t seem to show with the metalic thread…Portuguese stem stitch is a thread dependant stitch and if you don’t like it in one thread it is still worth trying other threads.
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August 22nd, 2007 at 3:46 am
I am enjoy your gallery of stitches. I am working on a larger cq wall quilt and will be visiting your blog when I am pondering my next seam embellishment.
August 24th, 2007 at 4:13 am
I love the middle one. Maybe I didn’t do it wrong, but just used so much smaller a thread – 2 strands of silk. I planned to do it again on something with my Sassa Lynne threads. I’ll see if that looks more like yours.