Embroidery Sew Along: Block #5

posted on : February 8, 2021

Welcome back to our weekly Embroidery block to accompany our Stitchery Sampler Sew Along. If you would like info on previous blocks, our supplies or general start and embroidery info, scroll back to the previous embroidery posts…

CLICK HERE to download our free embroidery sheet that you can transfer to the fabric of your choice [or use one of our starter kits while supplies last].

THE NINE-PATCH BLOCK

In our quilt along, we are working on Block #5 this week, our NINE-PATCH block, and for most of us this was a nice simple block after the Hexie!

Sophie and Susan looked around several YouTube videos before deciding on the Colonial Knot to represent our Nine Patch blocks for Week 5.

A cousin to the French knot, the stitch is made by twisting the thread over top of the needle in a figure 8 method.

Susan (a right-handed sewist) enjoyed doing this stitch greatly! She thought it was easy to keep the tension, the stitches looked round and like uniform buttons.

Sophie (a lefty) had a hard time wrapping her head around the figure 8 pattern of the stitch, and ultimately decided on changing mid-way through to French Knots. Both stitches look fabulous and you should feel free to use them interchangeably.

*… as a leftie, Sophie switched to French Knots*

We used 4 strands of floss to make our stitches and opted not to include the sashing squares in our sampler. We might look for another small stitch to add as our corner squares so stay tuned!