This row of stitching always intrigues people. It is created by working a band of herringbone stitch, then on the return row using the cross bars of the herrringbone as a foundation for buttonhole bar stitch. I have never seen it documented as I made it up but I am sure other people have thought to do it too.
Thread:
A hand dyed perle cotton
Fabric:
This section of my sampler is worked on cream dress linen which is an uneven weave
Dyes:
Procion cold water dyes for the thread
Size:
All samples are 15 cm (6 inches) wide and stitched together in one long band sampler.
The sampler is currently 44 ft 5 inches or 533 inches (1353.83 centimetres) or 14.8 yards (13.53 metres) long and still being added to.
Date:
I started this section of the sampler in 2004 and completed it early 2005.
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Yes as I said in my post I am sure others have ‘invented ‘ this stitch too and I call buttonholed herringbone as well.
This stitch is in my embroidery book ‘Embroidery Stitches’ by Mary Webb. She calls it buttonholed herringbone stitch. I used it in August on one of my crazy Monday blocks:
http://fat-quarter.blogspot.com/2009/08/buttonholed-herringbone-stitch.html
Yesterday I used it again on my new block, that will be on my blog next Monday. I made 2 buttonhole stitches on the bottom of the herringbone to get a round shape. I like the effect you created with the perle cotton.