Helen Stevens is a master with a needle. If you have not seen her books just have a look at ther work in her gallery. I am sure you will agree with me At the moment she has a free master class the “Champagne Rose” which key points illustrated with …
One of the amazing things about this series of post is that it has provoked so many interpretations and the daily dose of variety constantly makes it interesting. I notice that often it is the simple stitch combinations that produce the most interesting responses. Todays seam embellishment detail is extremely …
Susan of Plays with needles asked for a detail of the silk ribbon spray on the 8 inch crazy block I posted yesterday. So here it is. The flowers are worked in 7 mm Japanese Ribbon stitch. I don’t have directions to work this stitch online – it is on …
Today is a very simple detail as it is Open cretan stitch simply laced with a fine cord. If you want to see the block the it came from it is one of the 8 inch crazy blocks Detail 17 and 18 are from the same block too so you …
This was quite a cheap and nasty modern nylon lace which I interspaced novelty beads and half buttonhole wheels. It is quite a narrow lace so to add more visual weight to it I added straight stitches at the base and topped them off with French knots Scooting around the …
There is a good piece on using a visual journal as an artist’s planner over on D*I*Y Planner. It takes the angle that since many creative souls are disorganised using a visual journal as a planner increases productivity. I have pointed out before that Visual journals do not have to …
Today I thought I would highlight a button cluster on one of my blocks. Buttons act to draw the eye to an area so when ever you want to add emphasis to a spot a button or two – or perhaps a whole cluster will do it. This cluster has …
