Buttonhole Wheel
a member of the buttonhole family
Buttonhole wheel is also known as wheel stitch and buttonhole rings. This stitch is buttonhole stitch worked in a circular shape.
Sew this stitch on a firm foundation fabric. It is often used to form motifs of small floral sprays.
In pulled and drawn embroidery if worked on a loosely woven fabric under slight tension the fabric threads are pulled by the stitching and a neat circular hole forms at the centre. The size of this hole can be increased with the aid of a stiletto.
To work a buttonhole wheel you simply make buttonhole stitches in a circle, passing each vertical stitch through the same space in the centre.
If the edges of your wheel edge flips up it is probably because you are not spacing the stitches close enough together.
Button hole wheel can also be worked in halves and quarters in various arrangements.
It is a useful stitch often seen employed contemporary crazy quilting and patchwork.
Buttonhole family:
There are many other stitches that are classified in this group. The stitches that I have listed here in the Buttonhole family are:
- Barb stitch
- Berwick stitch
- Bonnet stitch
- Buttonhole Bar
- Buttonhole wheel
- Closed Buttonhole stitch
- Closed Feather stitch
- Crossed Buttonhole stitch
- Detached buttonhole stitch
- Feather stitch
- Rosette of thorns
- Up and Down Buttonhole
- Up and Down buttonhole feathered
