The Woven Picot Stitch - A Tutorial

[@jeannieblender2590]

I keep finding older post by you. I appreciate your detailed instructions. Thanks.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Hi Jeannie, thank you so much! ❤️

[@heathercoy6289]

I'm so glad I found you. I am making my first quilt for my grandson and was trying to figure out how to make a stick when I found you. You also introduced me to a way to make moss (a drizzle stitch pulled loose) and now you are helping me to make sunflower earrings for my daughter. I grew up embroidering, quit when my kids were young, and took it back up again to discover all of these amazing new stitches! Thank you for such wonderful tutorials. 💖

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Hi Heather, I'm so glad! Your message made me very happy!! ❤️

[@pamfrank3962]

Thank you for sharing this fabulous tutorial

[@ArianeZurcher212]

@@pamfrank3962 ❤️💕❤️

[@desertartturtle8190]

Incredible, beautiful, thank you for sharing your beautiful stitches and how to do them, Lovely!

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Aw... thank you so much. ❤️

[@StitchAround]

Great tutorial! Thanks for the wonderful tips on getting rid of the end loopy loop! 😊😊

[@ArianeZurcher212]

I’m so glad it helped!

[@annaturner5764]

Oh my gosh thank you for going over the multiple spokes! I kept wondering how people get bigger picot stitches and I had only ever seen the 3 spoke one demonstrated. Your video made it all click for me- thank you!

[@ArianeZurcher212]

I’m so glad! ❤️💕❤️

[@carriemercer3224]

Oh my gob! That flower is the absolute bomb. I wanna be that flower when I grow up! 😂

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Haha! Love that. ❤️

[@pamfrank3962]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful demonstration. Your ability to teach is truly a gift.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Thx so much Pam ❤️💕❤️

[@traceyselinger8241]

Interesting and innovative work.Love your approach.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Thx Tracey! ❤️

[@huisuk]

Thank you for chatting ☺. I love watching your process of making stitches come on alive. 💗

[@ArianeZurcher212]

I’m so glad Hui! ❤️

[@laurahodges8093]

🎉I did it!! 😊❤Thank you for showing me how ❤

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Oh how wonderful! I’m so glad. ❤️

[@jennypops02may]

Happy to have found your videos. They are so easy to follow and very inspiring. Watched your video on Drizzle stitch and had a go really pleased with the results, thank you for the inspiration. Xx.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Oh I’m so happy to hear! ❤️💕❤️

[@debbiewidner5676]

Oh pretty flowers. Wow.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

THx so much Debbie! ❤️

[@theresaveroline7309]

I just made my husband watch this video. He was simply amazed at your work!

[@ArianeZurcher212]

theresa veroline Aw... love that! Tell him thank you!❤️

[@heksedansd.2919]

It's so beautiful!🙂☀️⭐

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Thank you!

[@anaroldan9065]

Beautiful!!!

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Thank you!

[@ellenblack5376]

Your work is gorgeous!! The flower is spectacular. Thank you for the video.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Ellen Black thanks so much! ❤️🙏❤️

[@nicolenew1708]

THANK YOU

[@ArianeZurcher212]

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[@cherylquilter6853]

Great tips!! I love your videos. Thank you for doing them.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Cheryl Quilter ❤️

[@debbiegallett1125]

That was fabulous. I love seeing all of your work. It makes me so excited to try more new things. I am becoming obsessed.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Aw... that's such a nice thing to say. I'm so pleased. This stitching and learning from Sue has literally changed my life! Really happy to share the love and obsession!!

[@leasmadello4493]

Those are really neat❤️ A few years ago, I was playing around with embroidery floss thread, needle and felt..was sewing and I thought “hmm I if I take my threaded needle I could go under stitches and it wouldn’t poke threw my fabric..” I had no idea this was an actually use in sewing etc..

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Wonderful what we do when we just play!

[@susancook3832]

Love those little flowers! You do amazing work.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Susan Cook thank you so much! ❤️

[@garycindyworthington2004]

Ariana, thank you SO much!!! I, too, have such trouble having the little loop at the top of the picot, so I think the suggestion of pulling it very tight might help me! And I totally love the suggestion of covering it up with a bead, if it bothers me. It so reminds me of my sweet Mama when she sewed dresses for me as a little girl! Everywhere you’d see a pretty button or lacey trim or Ric-rac, you’d for sure know she was covering up something she didn’t like!! Thanks for the suggestion that caused me to recall this sweet memory!!!

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Aw... I love that memory! Thank you for sharing it. ❤️

[@bjbischof620]

Great tip about pulling it tight-tighter than I have, and love the idea of topping off those less than crisp tips with a bead! That flower is magnificent ,( beads and all )! Take care. Barb

[@ArianeZurcher212]

bjbischof620 thx Barb! Hiding with beads is my go to work around. ❤️

[@barbarakistner3829]

Thank you for your videos. This is just beautiful. So many incredible stitches. You are a very talented artist.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Thank you so much Barbara. 💕❤️

[@kathrynward2800]

Thanks for great video tutorials! They are SO HELPFUL!! I have only been doing wool applique since January 2020. I am wokring on Sue Spargo's Squash Squad project. Block #5 called for picot stitches for the squash blossom. The blossom turned out well, thanks to your video.. Kathy from Colorado

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Oh Kathy, I'm so pleased to hear. That's wonderful!! 💕

[@stelitacantanhede429]

Lovely...

[@ArianeZurcher212]

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[@sandih.5798]

I find that especially when I use 8 weight it’s very important to tighten up the stitches each time. This is a real helpful video especially for most people as I’ve found that describing the idea isn’t as effective as showing the method.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

I agree. It's very difficult to describe the tightening process. I was very surprised to see how tightly Sue pulled her thread. ❤️

[@sandih.5798]

@@ArianeZurcher212 I watched her video this morning. I think I haven’t watched her di one since 2013 so the memory of it is a bit fuzzy.😂🤣

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Sandi H. 😂😂😂

[@allisonferber5474]

Wow!

[@ArianeZurcher212]

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[@debbiehouse7269]

Love your videos! How do you get a point on the end instead of it rounded. I’m doing beaks.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Right, so that's always the trick! I like to use the thinnest needle I can find for anchoring and then pull very very tight the thread on that first go around and push the weaves up HARD so that I don't get that loop. Sometimes I still get the loop but it's much less often.

[@jeanwragg]

Hello Arianne, I have just recently found your channel and I’m sew 😊 pleased I have I am learning so much. Your work is exquisite and you explain the stitches so well. I’m a right hander so sometimes it’s a challenge but well worth it and I do get there in the end. I do have a question.....I notice that in some of your demonstrations your background fabric seems to be patched with different coloured wools and it looks amazing. Is it something you do to use up scrap pieces of wool if so I would love to know how you piece the wool together ie do you machine stitch or hand appliqué a demonstration would be most appreciated if that is possible. Thanks again take care Jean in the England 😊

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Hi Jean, I'm so glad you found me! I piece the wool bits together by machine. Often using scraps and just sewing them up, then adding something else, but also I have layered with other fabrics, more like a collage, using cottons, velvets, dupioni silks, and more recently I've been working with a linen/cotton blend and layering that as my background. I have tons of livestreams that I have been doing more recently demonstrating how I'm using different materials and stitches as I do what I call, Improvisational Stitching. I've been working less and less with wool and more and more with other materials. ❤️

[@jeanwragg]

@@ArianeZurcher212 Thank you so much for replying, I have lots of pieces of wool scraps and when I saw yours it gave me the idea to use up some of mine, I just didn’t know the best way to join them. I’m slowly going through your videos....I’m fascinated by them. I have watched a couple of the streamed ones. I must admit to them not being my favourite and usually avoid them, just because of all the interruptions and one sided conversations lol but I think I’m going to have to put my reservations to one side I need to learn these new (to me) techniques. 💖😊

[@ArianeZurcher212]

@@jeanwragg on the livestreams you should be able to see the chat portion to the right of the video, if watching on your computer, so you can see what I am responding to. ❤️

[@lgene7232]

If you wanted a longer petal would you make the first loop longer?

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Yes, exactly. The length of the petal is determined by how long you make that first loop that will be anchored by your pin or needle or whatever you use to anchor it to make your other spokes.

[@pattynelson9477]

I love your flower!!!! This was the hardest stitch for me to do. I ripped out several mainly because of tension issues. I'm glad to know of pulling very tightly at the beginning tip. I have a question, though, Is there a recommended length of picots? Are they harder to get good results the longer they are? Thank you for an excellent video!

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Patty Nelson each picot is different depending on where and what you are intending it for. So, for example, if I’m using it as a beak or ear then the length will be whatever the size of that ear or beak is. I’ve done very long picots, as I did for the tail feathers on my bird that I show at the end of the video, and also much shorter ones as I did in that crazy flower. It really depends on the project. I have not found them to be any more challenging if longer, other than the thread length needing to be much longer to ensure you don’t run out mid picot and the time it takes. Otherwise no, the weaving will be the same and that beginning of really pulling the thread so it is taut and using a smaller milliners needle to anchor will also be just the same regardless of length. ❤️

[@ChellesCreations]

Hey Ariane, thanks so much for your tips! I read in the instastitchwithsue somewhere that you can use a piece of paper when you need to do tiny picots close together. Can you explain how? Thanks! --Rachelle

[@ArianeZurcher212]

ChellesCreations I am not sure what that means. I didn’t see the post, but have never used paper. When I do picots close together I just do them in layers and push them aside as needed.

[@eleanorsegal257]

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[@ArianeZurcher212]

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[@patalvey4758]

At the tip of the picot and starting out how do you get it not to undo itself?

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Hi Pat, if you watch the video you'll see how I anchor using a pin and then wrap the linear threads around the pin. When you begin weaving in and out, it's critical to push up against that anchoring pin to ensure the weave is nice and tight. Take a look at the video again and see if what I've described makes more sense. ❤️

[@patalvey4758]

Thank you so much. That really helped!

[@tinawebmom]

I've watched this video and several others. I can manage one large petal and no more. I have a project that requires four triple layer woven picot stitch flowers. I'm feeling so defeated by this stitch and it honestly doesn't LOOK like it should give me such a hard time!!

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Hi Tina, practice, practice, practice. It is helpful to use a little scotch tape to cover the petals you've done so they don't get in the way of the next layer. Also make sure you are pushing each weave up toward the tip so that it's nice and tight. Too loose a weave will make it look very different. ❤️

[@ЛюбовьКалина-п6о]

Я не понимаю, почему нельзя переодеть нить в иголку для гобелена??? Это что так трудно??? Это правильно!!! И поэтому с такой правильной иглой натяжение будет лучше, а значит профессионально!!!

[@ArianeZurcher212]

You certainly can do that! Whatever works. ❤️

[@ArianeZurcher212]

By all means, then do that!