Robin of Beadlust indirectly provoked me to highlight this detail, as yesterday, Robin was thinking about the colour yellow. I decided to see what blocks I had worked with a colour scheme in which yellow dominates. I found a few yellowish blocks in the I dropped the button box quilt. …
These are two simple seam embellishments with a spider in the center. As I am sure most crazy quilters know spiders on crazy quilts represent good luck. This is simply a charm. The web is worked in a metalic thread. The seam treatment towards the top of the detail is …
Today we have 2 images as Lin Moon left a comment about the detail I posted on day 52 . Lin Moon asked me to feature a close up of this seam embellishment. Today I have finally found time to dig it out. This is a row of stepped running …
This embroidered seam embellishment started as a row of buttonhole stitch worked in DMC pearl 8 thread. At the base I worked a series of straight stitches worked in 2 strands of DMC floss. These were topped off with a Oyster stitch worked in the same floss. Between the oyster …
Todays detail is really simple as I figure it is time for the odd feature embellishment idea now. This is a simple cluster of 4 buttons. To give the area more zest I added a bead tassel which hangs from the middle of one of the buttons. It is made …
The other day I featured a seam embellishment that did not have a straight stitch in it. Today straight stitch is the only stitch featured! On this piece of lace I used beads to emphasise the pattern. It was very simple to do and can be seen on this 8 …
Todays seam embellishment features a ribbon braid which has had a row of buttonhole stitch worked down each side. This variation worked in DMC Pearl 8 thread, simply changes the size of each leg of the stitch to form a pattern. On the highest leg two detached chain stitches were …
