Friday, October 9, 2015

Split the coloring on your kiku herringbone designs for a dramatic result

I've been sorting through my photos and organizing. Can you tell? There are so many that I'd like to revisit so will be posting them here for you to enjoy. Perhaps they will inspire your own temari stitching.

When stitching a kiku herringbone design, you can change colors part way through the row. Either end off and begin again with the new color. Or stitch underground to come up near where you will use the same color again. With this technique, you can use two needles, one for each color.


Kiku herringbone stitched with two colors in a temari
by Barbara B. Suess

Kiku herringbone stitched with two colors in a temari
by Barbara B. Suess