Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 27
Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at 8:40AM | Sharon B | 23 Comments | in Challenges, Hand Embroidery, Needlework, Take a Stitch Tuesday 
I know many people have been either dreading or waiting impatiently for this weeks stitch in the Take a Stitch Tuesday Challenge
I won’t tease or keep you in agony as this week the challenge stitch is Bullion knot.
Bullion knots can be arranged in all sorts of ways to create textured motifs in traditional embroidery or if you enjoy contemporary work added to highly textured stitches and scattered across an area they are great fun.
A chain stitch worked around the edge of bullion knot will add another dimension to the stitch.
The body of this praying mantis was worked in bullion knots
Or as I have said there are plenty of opportunities to use bullions in contemporary embroidery
If you have problems with Bullions use a milliners needle as a milliners needle is the same diameter from point to eye and this means the thread will slide along the needle easily also use a hoop as this will help with any tension problems.
Many people wrap the bullion knot around the needle too tight. Wrap with ease by this I mean don't have the warps so loose they are floppy but you should be able to slide the wraps up and down the needle easily. As you the thread through, pinch the wraps on the needle and twist them a little in the direction of the wrap, this helps them slide along the needle. When you have taken the needle through to the back but not yet pulled the stitch tight, use the needle over smooth the wraps by sliding it under the bullion and rub it up and down a few times. Some people describe this action as "tickling the tummy" of your bullion. When the wraps are smooth pull on you thread to flatten the stitch.
There is a Take a stitch Tuesday flickr group which you can browse
Reader Comments (23)
Hi Sharon - i have finally finished my TASTS for 23, 24 and 25 - onto the next one this week, cheers Dale
Hi Sharon-- I have finished my Bullion Knot sample- early for a change -even though it is not one of my favourites.I have posted it on my blog today.
Doreen
http://doreeng.blogspot.com
I can hardly wait for the Sumptuous Surfaces class to start. I was like this as a kid, when it was almost time for school. And, now I have my supply list. I could have stitches with what I have, but I had to go shopping. It is always nice to have a few new things for school.
I've been admiring the TAST stitches all along, although I haven't participated. I think I may jump in at the half way point and see what I can do.
Great Marci - jump in the water is fine and the challenge is really very flexible
I missed a couple of weeks, but the bullion is on my blog. I'll catch up the ones I missed at a later date. Thanks again Sharon!
http://magpiesmumblings.blogspot.com
Yay! I did it :) I've decided that since I've missed so much I'm going to attempt to do two past stitches as well as the current month. My first attempt is up on my blog - http://stitchchick.com/2007/handemb/tast/oh-yeah-much-stitchy-goodness/
Thanks Sharon for this new challenge, it was a hard one! The bullion stitch have I avoid as long as I could :) But now, the results of week 27 are on my blog.
http://malinaplass.blogspot.com/
I tried to do a few different things with the bullion knot, and I used my TAST stitch book to decide on some CQ seam treatments. What a great resource you have helped us create Sharon.
http://lifeneedleworkandeverything.blogspot.com/2007/07/tast-27-bullion-and-cq-block.html
Margaret
I agree with Margaret about the great rsource you are creating for us.
I have never been very happy with bullion stitch but had fun playing with it. I decided to make a small picture of this one.
On my blog
http://backvalleyseasons.blogspot.com
Hi Sharon, that's a really super set of samples!
My bullion's up on the blog and going on the Flickr Group:
http://smockery.blogspot.com/2007/07/oh-bullions.html
Sharon, I posted a photo of my latest work to the list, still working on bullion, but I want to share my book about Katrina,hope you enjoy, http://flickr.com/photos/81133706@N00/
Here are my Bullion knots
http://www.isetegija.net/index.php?ind=blog&op=home&idu=2796&singlepost=16893
As always, thank You, Sharon! Its so inspireing to take part of the challenge!
No pictures to post, but at least I finally completed a bullion stitch!
Ok, I guess it wasn't as hard as I'd always thought.
I finished my bullion knot samples and have posted them in my blog: www.readingandstitchinginil.com and in the Flikr group. I enjoyed playing with this stitch and am looking forward to the sumptuous surfaces class.
Jenny
I've done a bullion stitch sample and blogged it here - http://randomapplique.blogspot.com/2007/07/take-stitch-tuesday-bullion-stitch.html Also posted to our Flickr group. Thanks for including bullion stitch Sharon, it's one of my favourites! :-)
That footprint sample is really cool! :-)
Here's my go at the bullion stitch:
http://www.wardi.dk/2007/07/tast-bullion-knot.html
Oh Sharon, this was not a good week for stitching for me .... I had a terrible time with the bullion stitch and I think it had to do with not making a good choice in thread or fabric. But then that is what experimenting is all about. I will work on this stitch and you can see my attempt on my blog here:
http://normasneedlez.blogspot.com
Sharon, I've posted my bullion & shaft stitch together. The bullion gave me fits. But I am still working through it. I love the shaft stitch, I use that often, it gives a nice showing.
http://flickr.com/photos/81133706@N00/
I've been making bullion knot roses and buds on a sampler I'm working on. It can be seen on my blog.
http://everydayrevelations.blogspot.com/2007/07/sampler-progress-tast-bullion.html
Hi Sharon, well I've had a go at bullion knots but am ready to move swiftly on! http://faffingabout.blogspot.com/2007/07/tast-bullion-stitch.html
yeah I finally managed to create a bullion knot! nearly 50 of them!
http://fionacupcake.blogspot.com/2007/07/bullion-sample.html
Fiona
Rolled Roses with Bullion...
http://deepashome.blogspot.com/2007/07/rolled-roses-complete.html
Deepa
I am a very long way behind with TAST. I have just posted my bullion sampler. This was a difficult stitch for me but I stuck at it until I thought the sampler was complete.
CA