Feather stitch tutorial and sampler

Feather stitch is a bit similar to Fly stitch, but worked in continuity unlike fly stitch.

Bring up the needle at A, down at B while keeping the thread behind the needle, up at C, down at D, up at E with thread behind the needle and so on.

Some of the designs in feather stitch

Have a look at closed feather stitch too - a variation of feather stitch

Feather stitch quilted coaster

Materials required

Cloth of desired colour

Embrodiery thread

Embrodiery ring

Needles

Foam

Cut the cloth in 2 pieces of measurement 11 cm X 11 cm for each coaster. Cut one piece of foam of the same measurement for one coaster.

Attach the foam to one piece of cloth by simple running stitch so that it doesnt move while doing embrodiery. Attach the ring and start working feather stitch -any design of your choice. I have done simple feather stitch square pattern and used chain stitch to form flower like design in a different colour thread. Check Veena's step by step pictorial instructions for feather stitch embrodiery.

Stitch the second piece of cloth covering the foam on the reverse and invert it so that the foam is in between two pieces of cloth. Give a stitch in the inner side so that it stays stiff.

Repeat for more coasters.

This is my work for Sharon's TAST challenge on Pintangle..