Sunflower Wrap

This is a variation of the adjoining wrap. Begin with a square of 21 satin stitches on all four sides. The creator of this stitch, Mildred Torgerson, cautions all against using ordinary satin stitch blocks because they don’t provide a place to hide the thread when moving from one area to the next. Cut and remove threads as shown in 14A. Begin in the lower left corner by wrapping two fabric threads to the first junction. Weave the wrapped bar with two threads of the adjacent unwrapped bar five times. Wrap around the remainder of the unwrapped bar to the border. Hide thread on wrong side under one satin stitch. Wrap two remaining fabric threads back to the junction, ending with the thread coming out of the center space (14A). Weave the four unwrapped threads with the wrapped bar five times. Wrap around the remainder of the unwrapped bar to the next junction. Weave the two adjacent unwrapped threads with the four wrapped threads five times. Wrap around the remainder of the unwrapped bar to the border. Continue as shown in 14B and 14C to complete the sunflower stitch. The circle in the center will form automatically.

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Lazy Daisy

The lazy daisy can be done in any size, depending on the area to be decorated. Either #5 or #8 thread will work. Find the center of the area where the daisy will be placed and bring the needle up in that center hole. Insert the needle down into the center hole again and out at the point of the daisy (9A). Pull the needle and thread through the loop and return the needle to the wrong side of the fabric through the same point hole. Come back out in the center hole (9B). Complete the remainder of the petals in the same manner (9C).

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Rhodes Butterfly

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Star Filler

Using size #8 thread, work a double stitch over two threads of the fabric as shown in diagram (5) – the stitches share the same holes. Pull the stitches tightly to enlarge the open space. Work as many diagonal rows as needed to fill the desired space.

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Railroad Stitch

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Lacy Buttonhole

Work the row of satin stitch blocks around the outside of the pattern. Cut the four threads on the outside of each satin stitch block and the same four threads several inches farther out. Draw out all threads. Wrap one, two, three or more rows of wrapping according to the pattern. Figure (20A) shows two rows of wrapping completed. To create the lacy edge, wrap the bar with #8 thread. When the corner is reached put in nine buttonhole stitches; one before the corner, on between each corner thread and one after the corner (20B). Continue wrapping the next bar. After the entire edge is wrapped and buttonholed, trim off unworked fabric threads. For added security, while stitching the outer edge lay a strand of #8 thread behind the bars to be wrapped, and stitch over this thread.

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