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This is a detail of an area on section 45 of  The for Love of Stitching Band Sampler. If you click on the sampler image you can see this area of stitching in context.

Stitches on this part of the sampler are:

On this part of the sampler I was experimenting with laid stitches and the patterns. I used basic couching and over the couched threads there are stitches such as cross stitch. In between the bead trail I have scattered, French knots, bullion knots, detached chain stitch, straight stitch. The mix of beads contain seed beads, bugle beads, round and ring spacer beads, heishi and dome shaped bead caps.

Threads:

• Hand dyed #5 perle cotton
• Stranded cotton floss
• Hand dyed cotton chenille
• Hand dyed silk
• Caron watercolours  1 strand of #5 perle cotton
• A metallic thread called Arista produced by Anchor
• A metallic yarn called Excel
• Hand dyed wool

Fabric:

Patched hand dyed evenweave needlework fabrics. I used Procion dyes to dye the background

Date:

This section of the sampler was worked in late 2009.

Size:

The For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide and consists of different strips of fabric which are stitched together to form one long strip. It currently measures 96 feet 5 inches (2,938.78 centimetres), or  32.138 yards which is 29.3878 meters. It is still growing…

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I stitched this sampler late in 2009 it was done in a couple of weeks.

At the time I was experimenting with foundation fabrics and I  patch worked together hand dyed fabrics as the cloth of the sampler. All the fabrics  were hand dyed and painted using procion dyes and were scraps left over from other projects. I simply pieced the squares of linen and cottons together in a strip. Since they were left overs I felt I was not wasting anything by experimenting on them.

I was interested in exploring a bit using laid patterns but I did not want to work a traditional pattern. So I worked blocks of laidwork patterns on an angle and in a more freeform manner. Then let a spill of beads fall and be stitched in a trail almost the length of the sampler.

I admit it may have been a bit heavy handed with the beads but the idea was to experiment!

I had a lot of fun with it!

In future posts I will share the details about threads stitches etc, this post is introducing the area of the sampler and setting the context.

Size:

The For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide. It consists of different strips of fabric which are are stitched together to form one long strip. It currently measures 96 feet 5 inches (2,938.78 centimeters), or  32.138 yards which is 29.3878 meters. It is still growing…

Sampler FAQ
For the full back story on this piece visit the Sampler FAQ page.

All posts in the series are in the category  the Love of Stitching Band Sampler.