It is always fun to visit stores outside my home base of California and see what fun they are having with stitches. Today’s stitch comes to us from a lovely stitcher in Texas who played with some stitches and came up with an adorable stitch that I think is the cat’s meow!

The stitched sample is a single strand of Impressions (black lines) and a size 8 Kreinik (yellow lines) on an adorable Melissa Prince canvas (18M). The end result is a really cute smallish stitch that adds a lot of interest to the piece, without overwhelming it.

I’m looking forward to using this stitch for trees with Vineyard Silk (yellow lines) and a darker shade of Vineyard Silk or a Silk Lame 18 for the black lines. It will also work well for flowers with ThreadWorx metallic for the yellow lines and a solid silk floss for the black lines.

The only variation that pops into my head is to add a single seed bead or pearl in the single intersection in the center of where four diagonal lines meet (in between the oblique layered crosses).

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I hope you have the perfect spot for this stitch! Please enjoy! Have a wonderful #whimsicalwednesday!

A Note about Diagrams
I use color in diagrams to make them as clear as possible.  The primary function of different colored lines is to illustrate a stitch sequence.  For example, layering of colors demonstrates you add them in that order.  They can also provide ideas on how to integrate additional threads (one line for each color).  Or, you can use the same thread for all color lines.  That's where I encourage you to use your imagination for the space you are stitching!