Take a Stitch Tuesday week 29

  By sharonb | July 17, 2012 - 6:14 am |

Hand embroidery sample of Basque stitch This week the challenge is an embroidery stitch called Basque stitch.

As the name suggests, this stitch is found on old embroideries from the Basque area of northern Spain you also find it used on embroidery from Portugal and southern France.

Once you get the hang of the rhythm of this stitch it is very relaxing and enjoyable to to work.

The first sample is worked in a circle. When worked like this it takes on the form of a flower which is ideal in floral motifs. It is very effective if you work in a thread like perle cotton #5 and fill the middle with beads!

Hand embroidery sample of Basque stitch

This is a stitch that is absolutely marvellous on a curve. This sample was worked on a piece of cotton batik and I just picked out the curve of the printed pattern.

Hand embroidery sample of Basque stitch

This sample on linen has three basque stitches hanging off a stem stitch to form a little flower. You can of course add more like beads or simple straight stitches to the flower but I have left it ‘half done’ so the stitches are easily identified. It is stitched in a thread the same weight as DMC cotton perle #8.

Hand embroidery sample of Basque stitch Here I have worked Basque stitch in a line. You can create patterns by extending the loops at regular intervals.

Hand embroidery sample of Basque stitch This last example is where I used it in crazy quilting. It is really good at emphasising a line in a motif such as a paisley.

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Once again the challenge is:

For new hands to learn the stitch

Or

If you are an experienced stitcher take the stitch and push it a little further in a creative manner or combine this stitch with one of the stitches already covered in TAST 2012. If you have worked a sample in a previous challenge feel free to post a link in comments as it will inspire people but if you have time do try another sample and do something different and new!

How to join in

Stitch a sample,  take a photograph of it, put in online in your blog, flickr site or on stitchin fingers page, swing by here and leave a comment with your full web address so people can visit and see your sample.

Any special rules?

There are no rules but I do have a request, please link back here.

Interesting work will be featured

Each week I will feature samples that participants have stitched order to draw attention to creative and interesting work. This means some work will be re-published. I will credit and link to the owners website but I assume that when you leave your link here, I have your permission to feature your work. If you do not want your work to be featured please say in the comment, you leave and I wont include it in the feature.

Further information

If you need further information on the challenge a list of stitches covered so far or directions on how to participate please visit the TAST FAQ page.

You can read back through TAST articles by browsing Challenges -  Take a Stitch Tuesday category

Other groups and networks

You can also share your explorations with other members on the social network site of your choice. There is a Facebook TAST 2012 page,   stitchin fingers group and the flickr TAST site. All these sub groups are set up at request of members


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49 Responses to Take a Stitch Tuesday week 29

  1. Ms Sharma says:
    July 17, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    I am back after a long time. This is one of my favorite stitches.Here is one of my attempts which I did many years back:
    http://summersofindia.blogspot.in/2012/07/basque-stitch-1.html

    I am going to post my sampler shortly. So please keep an eye on my blog….

    Ms Sharma
    http://summersofindia.blogspot.in/

  2. Shami Immanuel says:
    July 17, 2012 at 4:44 pm

    Here I have worked a mirror work outlined with Basque stitch.
    http://www.shamiatcraft.blogspot.in/2012/06/mirror-work-outlined-with-basque-stitch.html

    One more sample which I have used in one of my project. A Curly line
    http://www.shamiatcraft.blogspot.in/2012/06/petal-chain-stitch.html

    Thought of trying more samples. so keep following my blog.

  3. Annet says:
    July 18, 2012 at 12:25 am

    Here’s my weekly post with old Basque stitch samples:
    http://fat-quarter.blogspot.nl/2012/07/old-basque-stitches.html
    I think your paisley inspired me the first time, there’s one on my TAST 2007 sampler too!

  4. Reba says:
    July 18, 2012 at 12:47 am

    Well this one for what ever reason changed my brain waves and thinking but……I got a few done…..

  5. Debbie says:
    July 18, 2012 at 8:26 am

    Behind on one week and early on the next!! Here are my stitches for both Up and Down Buttonhole and Basque stitches:
    http://debbies-doings.blogspot.ca/2012/07/tast-weeks-28-29.html

  7. Angela says:
    July 18, 2012 at 10:02 am

    I am back at it this week. I had to take last week off as I was teaching all week. Hopefully I will find the time to go back and learn that stitch at some point. As for the Basque stitch, this is new to me. I did not find it difficult to learn and will definitely try to use it again.
    http://princessbubblescreates.blogspot.ca/

  9. Debbie says:
    July 18, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    Here’s my experiment for this week’s Basque stitch: http://debbiesfiberwork.blogspot.co.il/2012/07/tast-week-29.html

  10. konnykards says:
    July 18, 2012 at 6:54 pm

    Oh dear! I caught up – and then for three weeks I have been feeling so ill that I couldn’t even stitch!!
    I am so cross with myself, once again relying on old stitching – I really want to explore more and add to the new sampler …
    There are a few Basque stitches on this old fishy piece :
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/23261611@N04/4603744213/in/set-72157623763221568
    I’m loving seeing everyone’s work though, many thanks all.
    Connie, konnykards

  11. chitra gangadharan says:
    July 19, 2012 at 1:25 am

    Hi Sharon,
    the earlier worked sampler of this stitch was posted on my blog here-
    http://jizee6687.wordpress.com/category/tast/week19-basque-st/
    Thank you,
    Chitra

  12. nalini vasudevan says:
    July 19, 2012 at 2:38 am

    Here is my trials for this week’s challenge Basque stitch http://nalinihandwork.blogspot.in/2012/07/tast-week-29-basque-stitch.html

  14. Annet says:
    July 20, 2012 at 12:17 am

    I filled the last space on my red Aida sampler with Basque stitches. I wrote about it on my blog:
    http://fat-quarter.blogspot.nl/2012/07/basque-stitch.html
    and I added a photo to my Flickr-page:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/28957501@N04/7603351748/in/photostream

  19. Linda Calverley says:
    July 20, 2012 at 5:36 am

    My sample of basque stitch and the fabric journal of all my tast 2012 stitches to date can be found here
    http://linsartyblobs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/tast-29-and-stitch-book.html

  21. christine says:
    July 20, 2012 at 6:52 am

    A new stitch for me this week, but a very nice one!
    http://6stem5.canalblog.com

  22. Luiz Vaz says:
    July 20, 2012 at 7:15 am

    Hi Sharon & Friends, my post for the week. I’m not sure if it’s finished (!). Thank you all.
    http://embroiderland.blogspot.com.br/

  23. ValerieL says:
    July 20, 2012 at 11:53 am

    Here is what I did this week with the basque stitch:
    http://cantheleopardchangeherspots.blogspot.com/

    I am happy to think that I am continuing to do these samplers each week. Thanks, Sharon, for making this possible. It is much easier to do this with others than trying to do it on my own.

  24. Niina says:
    July 20, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    Okay, this is the last one I’m linking here. I’m only 6 samplers behind now and my goal is to finish them all by next Tuesday.
    Here’s my Knotted Cretan:
    http://thriftyfinn.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/tast-2223-knotted-cretan-feathers/

  25. Annet says:
    July 21, 2012 at 12:25 am

    Today I wrote about my finished sampler with the stitches for weeks 25-29 on my blog:
    http://fat-quarter.blogspot.nl/2012/07/red-aida-sampler.html

  26. chitra gangadharan says:
    July 21, 2012 at 3:42 am

    Hi Sharon,
    I started working on this stitch sampler, the details are on my blog-
    http://jizee6687.wordpress.com/category/tast-2012/29-basque-stitch2/
    thank you,
    Chitra

  28. jeanne-marie mellor says:
    July 21, 2012 at 9:55 am

    http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/profile/JeanneMarieMellor
    I Love all these new stitches. I’m having so much fun with my sampler! For the most part, I’m finished with the embroidery after adding Basque Stitch. I have only just started on the beading though.

  32. chris richards says:
    July 21, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    Hi Sharon, A great stitch to experiment with………I am learning so much…….Thank you !
    You can see my sample here………………..
    http://ellascraftcreations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/tast-2012-week-29-basque-stitch.html
    hugs
    Chris Richards
    xxxx

  33. Severine Allais says:
    July 21, 2012 at 10:44 pm

    I enjoy very much this stitch . My sampler for this week is here:
    http://dufall.blogspot.fr/
    Thanks

  34. Claudia says:
    July 21, 2012 at 11:39 pm

    Hi Sharon and everyone, again the stitch was new to me, was not love at first sight but now something like a love affair has developed. :-)
    Here is my attempt: http://fabricfusion.blogspot.co.at/2012/07/tast-week-29-basque-stitch.html

    Happy Stitching! Claudia

  37. celle qui rêve says:
    July 22, 2012 at 3:23 am

    Here http://j-en-revais.blogspot.com/2012/07/tast-29.html is my exercise for TAST week 29. I’ll be without access to the web during several weeks, nevertheless I’ll try to continue the TAST, but I could probably not post untill half september. “See” you soon.

  39. Mariainez L. Ribeiro dos Santos says:
    July 22, 2012 at 8:22 am

    Hi,Sharon
    Here is my attempt for this week.This stitch is really magic
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/maria_inez/7617478594/in/pool-56846286@N00
    Thak you

  40. Maureen Bond says:
    July 22, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    I have posted weeks 27,28 and 29 at
    http://crazyqstitcher.wordpress.com/

    It is good to have caught up.

  42. Carolyn Foley says:
    July 22, 2012 at 7:48 pm

    Hi Sharon,
    Here we are Sunday night again.
    I blogged about the process at http://www.carorose.typepad.com,
    and put up an image in the Flickr group here http://www.flickr.com/groups/56846286@N00/
    Cheers
    Carolyn

  43. Laurel says:
    July 23, 2012 at 7:13 am

    Here’s my week 29 TAST challenge. Basque stitch is another that can be very “fluid”.
    http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/octopus-tast?context=user

  44. Ms Sharma says:
    July 23, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    Here is my Sampler. Only a few stitches for now
    http://summersofindia.blogspot.in/2012/07/basque-stitch-2.html

    But I am going to work on it later for more variations and combinations.
    Ms Sharma

  45. Ann says:
    July 24, 2012 at 11:29 pm

    I enjoyed doing this stitch, and ended up making flowers and a sun. Added these to my TAST embroidery journal. Here are some pictures:

    http://harvestmoonbyhand.blogspot.com/2012/07/take-stitch-tuesday-basque-stitch-week.html

  46. Dianne says:
    July 28, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    Basque stitch was so much fun to stitch and is now a favourite. You can see my sample on my blog here: http://dinkydideequilts.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/ethnic-or-olympic.html

  48. vero says:
    September 16, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    je rattrape mon retard …..