I say it every month, but where does it go? Blink and you miss it. Time just escapes, scampering out through a door that can’t be shut.
Today is just herringbone stitch, which looks deceptively complicated (it isn’t) when worked in close rows like this:
As always, the stitching is very simple: mostly running stitch and straight stitch in various combinations.
There is a seam where I had to join two strips of linen. I like the fact that it’s visible but not too obvious. One year (not next year, that’s already planned) I will work the daily stitching on lots of patched and joined pieces.
As always, it’s a kind of map. Setting out, hoping for the best and finding a path through each day.
There is never a plan for the stitching. Choose a colour, thread a needle, and begin. See where it goes.
August ahead:
The blue thing you can see in the top left corner is the simple bag I keep it in. I made a sample of the template when I first designed it and then I stitched it to the front of a hand-dyed cotton drawstring bag.
The back has a single motif:
If you want to begin a similar daily practice, take a look at my online course here – you can watch as many times as you like, you can download the videos, and you get lifetime access (lifetime effectively means as long as I’m alive, or as long as I stay with Teachable, the platform that hosts my classes).
Happy stitching!
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It’s still really lovely. I love this.
I love that a stitch that’s relatively simple can look complex when stitched in a certain way.
And the bag is a great idea. I’m so new to sewing (not to embroidery but sewing is another story. there’s a sewing disaster story in my past) that I forget you can make useful things like a bag to put your large embroidery project in. so thank you for the reminder.e
Thanks so much. The bag is a bit of a cheat, actually, since it was given to me by a friend who found it along with a pile of lovely linens in a charity shop. It was off-white with ‘diesel’ printed on it so I dyed it and then accidentally discovered that the roll of daily stitching fits into it nicely. Covered up the ‘diesel’ logo with a panel of stitching and there we are.
Yes, even the simplest stitches can create endless apparent complexity, and herringbone has all sorts of flights of invention it can support, as well!
yes, it’s one of my favourites. I guess the possible variety is probably infinite.
Really love it, here’s to August(already?!)
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thanks so much. Can’t believe it’s already August tomorrow…
Good morning Your work is so lovely
thanks so much Kathy and good morning (good afternoon!) to you too
As ever Karen, the month of July has been beautifully stitched. Each day is marked by a small piece of sewing crafted by you but appears to effortlessly build upon and lead onto the next day showing a variety of colour and form pretty much as each day does every month of the year.
thanks so much Mags, that’s very kind. I do (kind of) try to keep the whole thing cohesive-ish 🙂
Karen thank you so much for your commitment and your generosity. Aloha julie kona, hawaii
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thanks so much Julie, and hello to you in Hawaii 🌸
I think your stitching panel is just beautiful Karen. One day I will just get on and start one of my own. Will make it a New Years Resolution which certainly is not far away!! 😂
Mary :))
Thanks so much, Mary. Ha, new year certainly isn’t far away now – though you can start daily stitching any time you like 🙂 Just saying…
Amazing work …… Just like all the other months. I absolutely love looking at your neat and colourful stitches. One day I might get round to making something similar myself.
thanks so much Fiona, it’s a very satisfying practice