The seam embellishment for today is similar to yesterday’s as it is an embellishment for lace that covers a seam. After stitching the lace down I then picked out the design in the lace using back stitch. The thread used is DMC pearl 5. The same thread was used to …
Today I am featuring a simple seam embellishment. As you can see straight stitches have been arranged at along the edge of some lace that covers the seam. In hand dyed thread that is the same weight as DMC pearl 8, I added French knots arranged in a bunch. Two …
Today I am featuring two seam embellishments in the 100 details for a 100 days series. The first is actually very simple as it is three straight stitches arranged at different angles. I then added three detached chain stitches in the same thread, DMC pearl thread 5. Beads finnished off …
The crazy quilting detail for today looks complicated but it is not. Firstly we are looking at a seam which has a piece of lace running down the side of it instead of hiding it. Also instead of stitching the lace on so that the even side ran along the …
Since this is the three quarter point in the series I thought I would feature something special. This unicorn was worked in single strand DMC stranded floss. The horn is a shell which has been cut to reveal the middle. In the partitions are some seed beads. The tail and …
Today we have two treatments. One for braid the other for lace. Both embellishments are simple suitable for those new hands to embroidery and embellishment. In each case the lace or braid was first attached over the seam with small stiches to hold it in place while stitching. The scallop …
This detail is an embellishment for Rick Rack. First the Rick Rack was attached over the seam with small stitches to hold it in place while the embroidery was being worked. Over the braid a series of single detached chain stitches were worked on an angle using DMC pearl 5 …
