Welcome to December! All but one of the stitches this month come from work I've done on Stitch Concepts (guides I write to accompany a formal embellishment class at a local store). I want to share them with you so you can play with them as well.
We begin with the combination of Diamonds and Chevrons. And it's a big stitch!
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Honestly, this came to be because I wanted to do something different for a background. I knew it needed to be large and I wanted to do something I hadn't seen. I wasn't planning on adding the Upright Crosses in the diamonds but that space called out to be filled...and what a perfect way to add a contrasting color or finish (or both as I did in the stitched sample).
This stitch was created for a large solid colored background. It would be beautiful behind a floral still life. This stitch would work well for architectural elements such as a floor, wall, or even a roof. You could scale it down a little by reducing the height of the vertical connectors. Those connectors are four rows high in the diagram (and sample). Reduce them to two rows high, resulting in a more compact and useful design. I can see that version as clothing or even glass/windows.
On a side note, diagramming and stitching this reinforced how deceptive diagrams can be. As I was working on the diagram, I honestly thought this stitch may not be feasible as it would be too large. I was pleasantly surprised at how well it fit. It's even more of a shock with small stitches. They look so BIG in diagrams, yet they aren't.
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I hope you have the perfect spot for this stitch! Enjoy!