Mitsubishi Stars, Page 2
Step 7
Next you will stitch a 5-petal kiku herringbone design inside each 10-part pentagon on the ball. Use Anchor #387 (dark cream). The inside points are close to the center of the 10-part pentagon. The outside points are just over the band of green wraps.
Step 8
Continue stitching the 5-petal kiku herringbone. Stitch 5 rows with dark cream colored perle cotton.
Then stitch 1 row with Kreinik medium (#16) braid 032. This completes the kiku herringbone star. Stitch the same star in each of the twelve 10-part pentagons on the ball.
Step 9
With dark red thread, fill in each of the 4-part diamonds on the ball. Begin in the center of the diamond and work outwards until you reach the green bands.
Step 10
The last step is to use the dark red perle cotton thread to fill in the area around each cream colored star. Stitch a 5-point star with red and in between stitches, run the red thread under the green bands and the legs of the cream colored star.
First row stitching around the red star:
Second row stitching around the red star:
Third row stitching around the red star:
Fourth row stitching around the red star:
Fifth row stitching around the red star:
Continue stitching the red star and weaving UNDER green bands and cream-colored star until the area is completely filled. This will be 3-5 rows, depending on the size of your ball and the size of your cream-colored stars.
Complete the same red stitching around each cream-colored star on the ball. You are done!
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