CQ Detail 40

CQ Detail 40

Stitches:

This seam is embellished with a stitch that in the crazy quilt community has to be one of the most popular of stitches. It is a freeform line of  feather stitch which has been topped with seed beads. 

Thread:

DMC perle thread #5.

Placement and Foundation Fabric:

This seam is between piece 6 and piece 9 on this diagram of block 6 In the same article I also talked about the foundation fabrics I used.

Beads:

Seed beads

 

What is the story?
This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and decorations on my crazy quilt I dropped the button box. All articles are categorised in the projects under Crazy Quilt details which enables readers to browse back through the series.
Free Crazy quilt block patterns
In the process of documenting the seam decorations on this quilt, as I get to each block I am diagramming it out for readers as a free crazy quilt pattern. Links to these free pattern pages are listed on the CQ details FAQ page.


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