Buttonhole Stitch TAST Week 2

I am slow posting this! I did actually have it done on Friday.

Lately I've been interested in stitches that can be layered for interesting effects, so that is what I focused on in this sampler. There are many ways to layer the blanket (buttonhole) stitch when stitching in a straight line. All my straight rows are collected there in the middle. I then tried some different ways of layering the buttonhole wheels. Those are fun and lend themselves well to layering. The variation that I thought was most interesting was the curved line. After I stitched it and looked at it from a distance, I saw something that would make an interesting bending leaf/branch for a tree or plant. My arc got a little uneven at the end, but try to look past that.

I think I will use it in a project soon. I tried a few variations, managed to find one that will be useful to me, that's a success in my book.

Next week - or I should say this week, I'm going to be a bit quicker!!