Stitches This band of stitching is made up of two rows of tied herringbone stitch Thread The herringbone is worked in DMC perle #8 thread and it is tied with a hand dyed cotton . Fabric: Linda, 27cnt evenweave fabric produced by Zweigart Dyes: Procion dyes for the cotton thread …
Wave stitch is a bit similar to Cloud filling in the sense that it is a waved patterned filling stitch. You work the stitch row upon row to fill an area and build up a pattern. When worked in different shades this stitch is also known as Looped shading stitch. …
Detail: This button cluster that sits on block 30 of the I dropped the Button Box quilt. They are very plain but sit well on the block. 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 …
Using gesso as a page base will add texture and strength to your page. If you add strength it means you can have more fun adding stuff! By stuff I mean items like fabric, lace, textured papers and threads. These photos are of pieces where textiles of one sort or …
Stitches This band of stitching is made up of an arrangement of straight stitches and detached chain stitch. Thread This band is worked in a cotton thread that is same thickness as perle #8 thread. The thread was hand dyed by me. Fabric: Linda, 27cnt evenweave fabric produced by Zweigart …
Detail: This seam was first covered with a line of herringbone stitch that was then laced with silk ribbon. I then worked a second row of stitches which is a type of detached chains stitch. The V formation is made by lacing a thread through the tie of detached stitch when …
Gosh it feels strange to be writing about this part of the Sampler at the moment. I mentioned when I introduced section 26, that just as I was completing the sampler Labour won the election, I stitched it on the panel to mark the date. We had a then, new …
