September 10, 2024
stitch club :: 9/2024 :: eucalyptus
this eucalyptus design is our club pattern for september, inspired by the fresh bundles i like to hang in our showers. (trader joe's is my go-to, they last a long time and look great fresh or dried!)
there are three soothing shades of green for the majority of this design, and once i started stitching, i noticed it was a little tricky to differentiate between the three colors of pattern lines.
so, as you can see here, i'm using my favorite water-soluble pen to mark all of the dark green leaves. (i drew a blue line inside each. i'll be stitching over all the blue marks, but if i wasn't, the lines easily wash away with a spritz of water.)
once the dark green leaves are all stitched, it will be simple to tell the other two greens apart.
i'm using satin stitch [ 2 strands ] here, and varying the direction of stitching for each leaf.
since i'm using satin for all the leaves (and trying to vary the direction of the stitching each time i start a new leaf), there isn't much to say, so here's a few photos instead:
✨i'll be updating this post as i make more stitching progress... stay tuned! ✨
hi sarah! yes – fabric puckering indicates a tension issue. either the fabric is too loose, stitches are too tight/uneven, fabric is stretched/warped, or a combo of those.
i like to use a backing fabric (i have an other blog post about this) to help with stability, but it’s optional.
you also want to make sure your fabric is drum-tight in the hoop. be sure it’s not stretched, but make it tight, and keep it super tight while you are stitching.
hope this helps! happy stitching!
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