Stitches: This seam is embellished with a line of detached chain stitches and straight stitches arranged in a half flower shape around a bead. Thread: DMC stranded floss and perle thread #12 which was hand dyed by me. Placement on block: On block 12 this seam sits on the edge of piece 8. Dyes: Procion …
Stitch: This seam is embellished with a line of zig-zag chain stitch running along the edge of a piece of lace Thread: A hand dyed rayon thread. Placement on block: On block 12 this seam sits between piece 4 and piece 3 Dyes: Procion cold water dyes for the rayon. What is the …
Stitches: The first detail of block 12 is an old favourite, feather stitch, with a seed bead at the end of each arm. Thread: A stranded rayon floss Placement on block: On block 12 this seam sits between piece 4 and piece 9 Beads: Seed beads What is the story? …
We are now up to block 12 on this grid, of the “I dropped the button box” quilt. Once again I hope people will enjoy seeing it in more detail over the next week or so. As you can see there are 9 pieces of fabric in it. Fabric content: …
Stitches: This seam is embellished with a line of feathered up and down buttonhole stitch. The first row holds down a ribbon the second is along the seam. Then I have covered it with a cluster of buttons. Thread: DMC perle thread#5. Placement and Foundation Fabric: This seam is between piece 6 …
Stitches: This CQ detail is actually a way to decorate a block with a button. I have used the button to represent a flower. The stem is created using stem stitch and the leaves are a silk ribbon embroidery leaf stitch. Thread: The stem is hand dyed perle thread #5, …
This detail is actually 3 details but I thought they could all be covered in one post. First there is the seam treatment, then the lace motif and finally the charm Stitches: This seam is covered with a piece of braid. Each side of the braid is embellished with a …
