TAST Week Thirty: Long Tail Chain Stitch

Today sees the release of another new TAST stitch! Stitch thirty of the TAST Challenge hosted by Sharon Boggon at Pin Tangle  is long tail chain stitch.  As the name suggests, this is a member of the chain stitch family and, Sharon has posted a tutorial about it, together with some wonderful examples of the stitch, on her blog.

As Sharon explains, it is often used to create flower shapes and, I chose to stitch two different examples in two of the boxes on my sampler.

For the first example I placed a flat sequin in the middle of the square and completed the long tail chain stitch to secure it in place.  I then added a single seed bead to the centre.

In the second example I also created a flower shape with the long tail chain stitches and then I 'whipped' the tails of the chain stitches to create a filled centre section.

In both examples I used variegated silk thread to work the stitches and finished the perimeter of the box with a stem stitch in the same variegated thread.