Last week I finished the color theory stitching piece I started as an embroidery guild project. The pattern used three different colors of embroidery floss to stitch different layers of a rice stitch variation. For each section of the pattern, you stitch the floss colors in a different order which creates all kinds of neat color variations.
Here is the piece with all of the sections stitched:
I could hardly believe I really used the same three colored threads for each section. They changed so much from section to section! The green looks totally different when stitched over the apricot color, and the yellow looks so different in the bottom left where it is stitched over the green.
Then, here is the finished piece with the stitched border added:
I loved stitching it. It was fun to stitch, and it worked up super fast. I’m thinking about using the pattern to stitch more of them in different color schemes.
The pattern was by Kathleen Rake, and it was created for the Embroidery Guild of America Education Department.
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this is very cheerful ^^
Thanks! 😊
That is really an interesting piece. I’m with you, amazed at the differences caused by a simple change in order of thread! I am going to look this up!
Thanks! I tried to find a decent tutorial online of the rice stitch variation that the pattern uses, but had no luck. Maybe I need to write one! 😁
You could do it!
A lovely sampler, and a great way to play with colour! I quite liked stitching rice stitch on my canvaswork piece – although pulling it out was difficult!
Ha, yes, I would not want to have to unpick the stitches — so many layers! 😊
It is amazing how different each square looks. Very nice.
Thank you 😊
That’s super cool, I can’t believe either that you’ve used only 3 colours! Amazing 😊
Thanks, Emma! :)