Notebook Entry - 081101

Finished Views


 
closeup of ten point star  
closeup of twelve point star  

Source

none

Classification

C10, 32 multipole, star polygon, open shapes

Size

35 cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
turquoise thread, Gutterman machine sewing thread color #615
Marking
Rainbow Gallery Treasure Braid Petite, gold
Design threads
Caron Watercolors #000 Natural and #180 Green Tea
Caron Wildflowers #000 Natural and #180 Green Tea
Anchor #5 perle cotton yellow #305

Division/Marking

C10 to 32 multipole

Diagrams


 
detail of ten point star  
detail of twelve point star  

Directions

  1. Mark a C10 and then a 32 center with gold.
  2. Use 1 strand of Natural Watercolors to stitch around the outside of each pentagon and hexagon.
  3. Use 1 strand of Green Tea Watercolors to stitch around the outside of each pentagon and hexagon.
  4. Stitch one row of gold around the intersection of the pentagons and hexagons from steps 2 and 3.
  5. Use two strands of yellow in the needle and stitch 5 point stars around each pentagon. Starting points are halfway along the sides of the hexagons and the points will interlock with each other.
  6. Stitch ten point stars in each pentagon. Start with one row of Green Tea Wildflowers. Take the stitches in between the two strands of yellow in the corners of the pentagons and about .5cm from the sides of the pentagons. See detail diagram for the thread path.
  7. Stitch a second row on the ten point star with Natural Wildflowers thread taking the stitches just past the second strand of yellow in the corners
  8. Finish the ten point stars with a row of gold.
  9. Stitch a twelve point star in each of the hexagons. The stitches are about .5cm from the edges and the yellow threads. See detail diagrm for thread path. Use one row Green Tea Wildflowers, one row Natural Wildflowers, and one row gold.

Notes

This is a repeat of a design I did for a color challenge in 2007, #070502. I wanted to do a more complex center in the hexagons and pentagons so I researched star polygons a bit, very cool! When I went searching for thread I found Caron colors and liked their subtlety better than the perle cotton colors I found. I would like to play with these colors some more on a brown mari. I think they would be very pretty.

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