Sunday 28 April 2013

blanket stitch vs blanket stitch vs satin stitch

close blanket stitching - my preferred!
open blanket stitch - too open!
satin stitching with split stitch - too heavy!
My dilemma this week was - how to make the area around the outside of the big leaves work for me!  I started with Nikki's suggestion of blanket stitch.  I worked the stitch quite open - then I decided it was too open.  I then tried satin stitch as I was not keen on blanket stitch - too heavy!  So I looked at how Kathy from the unbrokenthread blog approached it.  I liked Kathy's approach -  close blanket stitch plus it is quicker than satin stitch and stronger than the open approach I started with.  Decision made - what do you think?


5 comments:

  1. Hi Tracy

    All three look lovely to me. If i had to chose, I would say the close blanket stitch. Or what about open blanket stitch with a satin stitch infil, then the ridge will retain the openness and won't be too heavy. I am sure it will be lovely which ever you choose. Looking forward to seeing the finished article

    Rachel Clare

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  2. Just right Tracy.

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  3. You have got it perfect with the closed blanket stitch.

    Debbie

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  4. Hi Tracy,
    I stared out doing exactly what you did but my spacing wasn't nearly as even as yours! However, I decided to do very close blanket stitch and then infilled with some straight stitches. It was a better choice for my stitching...Whichever you choose it will be just beautiful!

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  5. Thanks All!

    I chose close blanket stitch in the end and pulled out all I had worked. It all went in very quickly once I sussed it all.

    Thanks for your help.

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