Sunday 3 February 2013

Bayeux stitch

 




Bayeux stitch is a form of couching where the crewel wool is laid down first of all to cover the ground fabric completely. Further lines of crewel wool are laid over the top spaced apart at right angles and then couched to hold everything into place.  

Tip - Draw parallel lines on your fabric to keep the laid work parallel as it is easy to stray.

symmetrical design . . .

progress so far
My working frame showing the symmetrical design, trying to balance every stitch on both the left and right hand sides.  It is really easy to have seeding on one side worked closer together or bigger than the other.  Difficult . . .

© 2012 Nicola Jarvis Studio
A section of Nicola's design from which I am working from and The Unbroken Thread blog ~ see Kathy's progress too . . .