I haven’t really done multicolour samplers before but as I was sketching this design I thought one colour wouldn’t do. I chose three shaded of muted pinks to work this stitch as I was aiming for feeling of Japan and cherry blossoms.
Here you can see my sketch. The official instructions for butterfly chain stitch call for three horizontal stitches but I went with five. I wanted fullness.
The back is beautiful. This isn’t the first time I’ve fallen love with the back of my sampler.
Stitching the stems.
Ta-dah! My butterflies in a chain is done! I’m very pleased with my decision to use multiple of colours.
Very simple yet effective. This stitch is perfect for embellishing dresses for little girls.
The next stitch to learn is Knotted Cretan. I have already one sampler but the stitching is so awful, I mean really butt ugly so I have to do another one. I can’t bear to show the one I’ve done. If you’re interested my other samplers can be found here.
Wonderful !
Your stitching isn’t too shabby either!
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With five instead of three rows of stitches you get a very different and full look.