This week’s embroidery stitch introduced on the Take a Stitch Tuesday Challenge is Algerian Eye. I played with it on blue silk shantung, using various white silks.
The Algerian Eye stitch is simple enough, but there are plenty of variations and creative things you can do with it. If you want to see what I mean, check out the Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST) posts on In a Minute Ago.
I didn’t do anything spectacular – just played with a six-pointed variation of the stitch, working on blue silk shantung with various weights of white silk thread. The overall idea (in my mind, anyway) was snowflakes.
There’s not much contrast between the fabric and the stitches – and it’s even more the case in person. They just kind of “melt” into the fabric.
I used the following silks: YLI (one strand of white); Au Ver a Soie 100/3; Au Ver a Soie Soie Gobelins (it’s the heavier twisted one); Pearsall’s; and finally Soie d’Alger. I worked in an area about 2″ x 3″ – not a very big snowstorm!
I think this would make a good background for a scene reminiscent of snow – to build on it with other stitches would be fun, adding some silvers and very subtle blues or greys. Some day, some day!
I agree that this would be perfect as a snowy background. Love the angled shot 🙂