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Break for Boutis

You may recall my post on July 31, 2014, (which I just republished because I somehow returned it to draft mode?!?), in which I showed a few of the boutis projects that I am currently working on. In that post I show one rose window, completed in white batiste, which will become a wall hanging, (stay tuned!), and another rose window that I had just started in the saffron batitse. Progress in July. This saffron boutis rose window will become a pin cushion and be partnered with the "cigale" needle fold shown in the post from August 12th . In this little project, the two basic stitches that I have used  are the back-stitch and the running stitch , as well as variations to the pattern of each stitch. The back-stitch completes the tiny round petals in the center of the design. It is also used in the background, where a variation of the design creates the "point de vauvert" stitch. Everything else is stitched in just a plain running stitch. In the photo direct