The Proper Stitch - Question?

Some stitches are finished on the front since there are more stitches on the front and you can run your thread under the stitches. Some teaches have methods for beginning and ending threads on top. I understand that this is an historically accurate way of stitching. Many antique samplers are stitched this way and it is very difficult to see where the embroiderer began and ended threads.

I have not seen this sampler before either. At least I can find nothing about in on line. It may be a sampler Darlene O'Steen did but one she has not published before. It is not in her first publication of The Proper Stitch. You could try to contact her publisher and ask where the Pearl Sampler is located. Maybe it is in a museum. I rather think not since there is no credit to a museum with the photograph.

Good luck, Alice in Utah

I used a surface anchoring method taught by Nan Euler when I took the EGA's

17th Century English Band Sampler correspondence course. Let me see if I can describe it verbally:

for a diagonal stitch -- working from the top side of the fabric pierce the point where two linen threads intersect then come up from the bottom side piercing the two intersecting linen threads diagonally across from the starting point then go back down between the two piercings through your embroidery thread then you cover this with your first stitch and snip off the tail left on the surface.

It worked very well and can be used for vertical or horizontal stitches you just won't be piercing intersecting threads of the linen. I know some people don't believe in splitting the linen threads or the embroidery threads...but it was class and teacher said to do it!

BonnieBlue

Sorry to reply to my own post, but I wanted to add that to end a thread on the surface you can do the same type of thing under your last stitch.

Hmmm...I'll have to try this. I've thought about doing a sampler notebook with different stitches and methods, and maybe this will motivate me to start it.

Thanks, Carolyn

B> I used a surface anchoring method taught by Nan Euler when I took the EGA's

Thanks for the info. It just seems to rub me wrong to start or end on the front of the piece, but I'll have to try it before making judgements. And I will see if I can find that pearl sampler. The little section they have pictured is beautiful.

Carolyn

astitcher wrote:

Googling "Darlene O'Steen Pearl Sampler" I came up with a Pearl Sampler carried by Wyndham Needlework. Since I don't have "The Proper Stitch" I don't know if this is the sampler you described. Hopefully, this is the right one.

Velia

Tw> I received my copy of The Proper Stitch last Friday (happy early

That's it! Thank you!

Merry Christmas, Carolyn

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