Buttonhole Wheel Cup

Buttonhole Wheel Cup

Hand embroidery stitches / Stitch Dictionary
Buttonhole wheel cup sample

I discovered the Buttonhole Wheel Cup while experimenting with buttonhole wheels. I am sure I just re-invented the stitch, and somewhere someone else will have had the same thoughts.

They make great middles to flowers like daffodils, and I use them all over the place in my textured embroidery, as I really like working them. I think I find it appealing because they are so highly textured.

How to make the stitch

Buttonhole wheel cup step 1

To work them, you need to know how to work a buttonhole wheel and then combine them with detached buttonhole. Both of these stitches are found in my stitch dictionary.

Start with working a buttonhole wheel. Space the spokes of the wheel fairly close together, but not packed. If your wheel edge flips up, it is probably because you are not spacing the stitches closely enough together.

Bring your thread out on the edge of the wheel and work a detached buttonhole stitch. I changed the thread colour so you can see what is happening, but normally I would have the same colour thread.

Into the edge of the buttonhole wheel, work buttonhole stitch. Do not work the stitch through the fabric, but around the edge of the wheel. One row will produce a ridge.

Buttonhole wheel cup step 2

Two rows produce a small cup, and three rows, a deeper buttonhole wheel cup, and so forth. You can stitch beads to the middle of the cup or leave it as a textured stitch.

Buttonhole wheel cup sample

If you want the cup to go straight up, don’t add any stitches. If you want it to flare a little, add an extra detached buttonhole stitch every two or three stitches. To do this, work two stitches into the same hole the same way you would with crochet or knot stitches.

I hope you enjoy this stitch!

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128 Comments

  3. I welcome the challenge.
    Due to some health issues and personal issues, i have not some stitches. But sure will try soon.
    Thankyou dear for doing this challenge. You make my days pretty. Yes everyweek i am so eaqur to see what will be the stitch this week. I enjoy all the fellow stitches and sometime wounder to see their creations and imagination. Really really i like this to be continue….
    Pl. go ahead dear.
    viji

    vijayalakshmi

  6. http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/profile/JeanneMarieMellor
    I especially Love, Love, Love this Buttonhole Cup Stitch!
    Since I was running behind 3 weeks, I decided to make a combination sampler page. This started out as a page for Beaded Hedebo Stitch, but I realized if I continued with making a page for each stitch I will never catch up. I’m glad I made this decision because these stitches were wonderful worked together. I did a block for each stitch alone and then the rest of the page combining the stitches.
    I textured the needle-felted tree with Hedebo Stitch, Italian Border Stitch and used the Buttonhole Cup Stitch to make the knots on the tree trunk. Then I used Knotted Loop Stitch for the leaves.
    I have to say, I do love all the stitches, but I especially love the dimensional stitches. I can hardly wait for some free time during the holidays to make a piece combining drizzle stitch, cast-on, stitch, buttonhole cup stitch, etc., etc., etc.! And Sharon, I really, really love your ideas for TAST 2013!

    jeanne-marie mellor

  13. I really appreciate the effort you make to teach us new stitches. I don’t think that we will ever bore of the opportunity to learn ways to make our work more unique! Thank you so very much for your more than generous shaing of your talent.

    Suzanne

  16. ps ** Idea Alert **

    I’ve just read through the other comments while i was opening the links to look at all the pretty things. I had an idea. What about running two parallel TASTs. If we imagine a four week month and if there’s a fifth Tuesday it’s a catch up week. Then of the four weeks, week one and week three could be TAST Buds for budding needleworkers going through fairly basic stitches so that those who learned them for the first time this year and just did a little sampler can do a little project this time round, and those who are new can join in easily. The featured items would be published two weeks later on the Monday just before setting the new TAST Buds. The alternate weeks, two and four, would be TAST Blooms for those blooming stitchers who want a bit more of a challenge to learn more new stitches, combinations of stitches and build on what they’ve learned this year. Their featured work would be published two weeks later, the day before the next TAST Blooms challenge.

    xx Liz xx

    Liz Eph

    1. Liz I will be announcing a few changes to TAST for next year – its in draft now and some ideas similar to yours will be included. I want to keep it is simple (people dont read directions about challenges as it is – to complex we lose them!) but the idea of duel challenge, more break weeks and yet a steady supply of stitches is included.

      sharonb

  17. Dear Sharon, I’m loving TAST. One a week is perhaps a bit much. I’d quite like to do one a fortnight. Even if you do the same again I think I’ll have another go as I enjoy the stimulus to push myself to improve and the fun of the little competition. Thank you for the work you put into it all. xx Liz xx

    Liz Eph

  21. I am thoroughly enjoying the whole website and seeing what other stitchers are doing, It is exciting: and it is invigorating. I may not partake in TAST as I have a lot else going on and am obviously, not as young as I used to be.
    I do not know how you accomplish so much anyway. Count me in as appreciative.

    Ann Bernard

  29. Sharon – if you continue with TAST in 2013 I will try to keep up. I love learning the new stitches and every weekly stitch-bit keeps my design juices flowing.
    Thanks for the inspiration, Laurel

    Laurel

  34. Hi Sharon, thank you for asking, I appreciate it so much! Nancilyn’s suggestion sounds great. Why not combine it with the tast for a small design and watch after 3 – 4 weeks how we all will have worked it out in different ways?

    BarbaraH

    1. Oh – I also tried turning the thread in different directions, knotting it differently, when stitching the detached buttonhole onto the buttonhole wheel.
      ~ L

      Laurel

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