I received an email asking if there was an easy way to print out the details. If you go to the category in other words 100 details for 100 days in this blog all posts marked that will run one after each other. Simply print them and file them. Todays …
Today we have another couple of simple seam embellishments and a button cluster just to top it off all in the same detail. So people are spoiled for choice this morning. Down the left side is a row of buttonhole stitch which has been topped off with a row of …
A different type of Wisteria vine is featured today which is made by creating bunches of caston stitch in a silk thread that is the same weight as DMC pearl 8 or for finer rings pearl 12. In the middle of each flower I have stitched a French knot The …
The Kreinik site has a Rose Motif designed by J.Marsha Michler which is ideal to use a motif on a crazy quilted project or on any needlework project where freestyle embroidery is suitable.
I thought today I would highlight a way to work a wisteria like growth over your block. This is a cluster of French knots with the leaves worked in detached chain. If stitching French knots are a bit of challenge you can substitute either Colonial knots or seed beads. The …
Tuttoricamo.com is an Italian which houses quite a bit of information on traditional styles of Italian embroidery including Assisi, Deruta, Perugian, Sicilian Drawn Thread and Palestrina Embroidery. The site is in Italian and English. The site houses historical articles, instructional material on how the various types of embroidery are done …
The seam embellishment for day 22 in this series is worked over a band of lace. I first worked two rows of Chevron stitch in a thread which is actually hand dyed crochet cotton but is the same weight as DMC Pearl 5. I then worked straight stitches at the …
