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You can click on the picture to enlarge it. This was a great learning experience for me. I have always wanted to learn the different stitches to be able to crazy quilt but never took the time to learn them. Signing up for this Sharon has given me the incentive to learn. I purchased The Magic of Crazy Quilting by J.Marsha Michler and Reader's Digest Complete Book of Embroidery and they have been sitting on my book shelve for a while. I was glad I had them cause I had to learn EVERYTHING, how to use the tie-on method, changing threads in mid-row, and finishing off. When Sharon announced that the Herringbone was our first stitch, I got both of my books out and done what was in them. I learned that the Herringbone can be used as a border and as a filling stitch. You can create effective patterns by varying the position of each row of stitches. I learned that it is a versatile stitch that can be worked in many different threads, and it is particulary effective when stitched in matte cottons using a bold combination of colors. In my book The Magic of Crazy Quilting it shows that the Breton stitch is a related stitch of the Herringbone. I have already looked through my books and have seven different variations of the Buttonhole Stitch which is our next stitch. Bare with me, I may be a little late getting them posted but this is all new to me. Until next time.....