TAST-2019

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well. 

After Sankranti, I wanted to take a small break. But it got extended. So I am back now. Actually, on the academics side me and my students are in the last leg of learning for the year. So we are all concentrating on finishing of the portions and start our revisions. Thank fully I am finished up with the teaching portion though a bit later than what I actually planned at. But no problem. Now we are into our first round of revision. 

Well, added to all that hectic schedules, we have a severe cold wave here. With continuous rains on the top of that, I have had some health issues. I need to strictly safe guard myself against the cold. So I am spending most of my time recovering my health.

Amidst all this, I decided to join the TAST 2019 challenge. Well the link is here:

TAST 2019

TAST  is a challenge for embroidery, on PINTANGLE  run by Sharon Bogon a very talented  and accomplished artist in embroidery. I love her work and dedication to hand embroidery and quilting.

Actually I am a bit late in posting it here. Already four weeks have gone by. Please do visit the site and read the FAQs. 

Do participate and leave me a line so that I can visit your blog/site. 

There is lot to learn from this challenge. So much creativity and so many ideas. 

Even if you don't participate just go through the previous works of the participants from the PINTANGLE site. There is much more on the site. Please take time to browse.

I have not yet started on the challenge. I did want to join from the first week. Any way one can jump in whenever you like and jump out. I have taken out all my embroidery materials out. It has been a long time. But I want to take it up again.

I will try to do as many as possible. 

My TAST Samplers from previous years are listed out in my PAGES separately so that it is easy for you. Please do go through them.

So do watch out this space. I will be posting my TAST samplers and much more.

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TAST - 2015

TAST has begun again. Here is the link to the announcement of the starting of the challenge.

 TAST 2015

If you are new to this visit the above link, read the instructions and join the challenge. I have been waiting for this to begin. It is so exciting to participate in this challenge. We also get to see so much of creative embroidery.

Here is some eye candy from my previous TAST challenges;

So keep an eye on my blog for my my posts on TAST. 

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TAST-2010-24th Week -Siennese Stitch-2

Friends here are some more of my experiments with Siennese Stitch. Hope you like them. I am still experimenting with the stitch. Will post as soon as I create something new.
My previous post on this stitch is here:


http://summersofindia.blogspot.com/2010/08/tast-2010-24th-week-siennese-stitch.html


And if you want to learn it then the link to Sharon B's site, who is conducting this TAST 2010 is here:


http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2010/8/10/tast-2010-week-24-siennese-stitch.html

Here I have used the glass tubes and small glass beads in shaded colours.

This looks very delicate and elegant. This can be used as border on dupattas or saris or even tunics and blouses as well as children's dresses. This is very easy to work and will be completed in no time. 

So what do you think of these?  Please do leave your comments....Keep watching

TAST 2012

Friends, Sharon B has announced TAST 2012. Most of you may be ware of this. But still if you are not then you can visit her site here and enrol:

http://www.pintangle.com/community-challenges/2011/12/1/take-a-stitch-tuesday-2012-challenge-information-page.html

I have participated in the previous TAST. The rules are very simple and easy. For a person like me who is always busy with work commitments, this is one challenge where I feel no pressure at all because one can swing in and out. 

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TAST-2010

I am so excited about the TAST-2010. I have signed in for the challenge.

TAST stands for Take a stitch Tuesday by Sharon B, a great lady, a great artist. I admire her and she is my source of inspiration. Well every Tuesday she inroduces a Stitch on her site. Any one interested in that can practise explore, improvise, experiment and post the results. To know how and where, here is her site.

http://www.pintangle.com

The first stitch posted on this Tuesday was Diamond Stitch. Its a nice stitch. I am still playing with it. Since I am away from home, I had to buy all the basic stuff like the cloth, frame, needles, threads etc. So, since I don't have all my stash with me, I cannot experiment much. But with in my limits, I am trying to. I will try to post the pictures, but if not I may post them late on my blog here. I am afraid I have to do so till I go back and have access to my own computer. The main problem is compressing or sizing my photos for loading.

Any way friends, please do visit Sharon B's site and enjoy.....

Keep watching my blog too for my experiments...

Chain Stitch-1

TAST-2012-8th Week-Chain Stitch

The Stitch for 8th Week in TAST challenge is-Chain Stitch. The link to Sharon's page who is running this challenge is here:

http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2012/2/21/take-a-stitch-tuesday-week-8.html

Here are my efforts:

1. Chain Stitch

2. Chain Stitch with varied lengths of stitches

3. Magic Chain or Checkered Chain Stitch

4. Chain Stitch with Running Stitch

5. Chain Stitch with French Knots

6.Chain Stitch with Bullion Knots

7. Chain Stitch with Beads in the center

8. Chain Stitch whipped at the bottom

 9. Chain Stitch whipped both sides in one direction

10. Chain Stitch whipped both sides in opposite direction

11. Chain Stitch whipped as a whole

12. Two Chain Stitch rows whipped in one direction

13. Two Chain Stitch rows whipped in opposite direction

14. Chain Stitch with glass tube beads

15. Chain Stitches laced

16. Chain Stitch with beads

17. Chain Stitch laced on one side

18. Chain Stitch laced on both sides

19. Chain Stitch-each stitch laced separately

20. Chain Stitch laced from the center

21. Chain Stitch with three coloured threads (6 strands each)

22. Three Chain Stitch rows interwoven

23. Herring Bone with Chain Stitch

Well there are lots and lots of ideas but no time. I will do them sometime. So keep an eye.....

I refrained form exploring, other varieties of chain stitches as they may be featured in TAST some time in the future.

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TAST 2010-3Week-Beaded Hedebo Stitch

This was third weeks stitch. Beaded Hedebo Stitch. Visit Sharon B's site for the basic stitch.

http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2010/3/16/tast-2010-week-3-beaded-hedebo-edge.html

Here are my experiments with the stitch. The first one is the original as shown by Sharon.

Here I just practiced it.

Here I tried it in a zig zag fashion

Here I put it in ZigZag pattern
 
All in one picture.

I need to practice more. But don't have time. Already I am lagging behind and signed up for TAST I too. Look how greedy I am? LOL! Hope I can pull up my socks and get on level with the others this week end as we are going to have a long week end.

TAST-2010-24th Week -Siennese Stitch

At last I am able to do it. I could not practise TAST stitches for a long time. But here I am. I am going to try and catch up with back log too.

This Stitch was very easy. So I could do a few. I am not yet satisfied with my creativity with this stitch. ZBut for now this is all I have. Here is the link to the tutorial posted by Sharon B:

http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2010/8/10/tast-2010-week-24-siennese-stitch.html

Here is my trial...

I have to doodle again if time permits so that I can create some more of this stitch. Keep watching......

TAST-2010-5th Week-Knotted Buttonhole Stitch

Friends Sharon B had posted on Knotted Buttonhole Stitch in the 5th week of TAST 2010. Link to her site is here:

http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2010/3/30/tast-2010-week-5-knotted-buttonhole-stitch.html

Its a beautiful stitch. I enjoyed playing with it. I could have done more, but for my precious little time. Here are the pictures

I still have to load pictures of two more Stitches apart from the current one. Please let me know how you feel about my efforts....

Chevron Stitch-1

TAST-2012-6th Week-Chevron Stitch

Chevron Stitch belongs to herringbone stitches family. Its been long time for me since I touched this stitch. Now that Sharon has chosen Chevron stitch for this weeks challenge, I seized the opportunity to experiment with it. 

Here is my first batch:

1-3: Chevron Stitch with different lengths of spacing

4. Chevron Stitches with beads

5. Chevron Stitch worked closely

6. Laced Chevron Stitch

7. Chevron with detached Chain Stitch

8. Chevron Stitches

9. Cheron with Bullion

10. Chevron with beads

11. Chevron pattern

12. Chevron with Herringbone

Well there is more to be explored. I was just getting the rhythm of the stitch. Keep watching my blog for updates.......

Oh by the visit Sharon TAST Page for the details of how to work the stitch and also look at the comments where the participants have left their site/blog addresses. if you visit their pages, the creativity is really worth looking at and learning. Thank you Sharon for giving all of us this opportunity  to unite and show case our work. I am enjoying visiting others pages and learning from their work.

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Running Stitch-3

TAST-2012-10th Week-Running Stitch

Here are some more of my explorations of the stitch:

I could have done better because I had so many ideas. But with constant power cuts and hot weather, it is difficult to find time for my hobbies. Any ways, I will work on them and post them later....I need to go along with all other TAST participants....

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