Cretan stitch tutorial and sampler

This week's TAST challenge by Sharon on Pintangle is Cretan stitch..

Here is the step by step instructions for beginners


On cloth, the steps look as in the below picture





Some of the patterns that I tried with this stitch

9 comments:

  1. Shama NagarajanFriday, January 27, 2012

    nice designs

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  2. jenclairFriday, January 27, 2012

    Great job! You've made some interesting patterns!

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  3. veenaFriday, January 27, 2012

    awesome tute Ec....lovely samples...hoping to see some more like this!!!

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  4. ChristineSaturday, January 28, 2012

    Very nice!!

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  5. ChristinaSaturday, January 28, 2012

    The pink 'curl' is the most neat one I've seen so far, good work!

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  6. IsabelleSaturday, January 28, 2012

    great job ! and thanks for the step-by-step. it is very pedagogic

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  7. MiriamSaturday, January 28, 2012

    What a nice "bows" !

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  8. AnonymousSaturday, January 28, 2012

    Thnaks for the step/ to /step. I now know I did it right!! :)
    cannot wait to show my finihsed piece on Tuesday, I think my best embroidery piece so far ....

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  9. RaphaelaSunday, January 29, 2012

    Interesting patterns.

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