Well here I come skittering through the door, sliding to a stop, flushed in the face, waving around an odd bit of fiber and announcing in slightly panting tones even if the sides are not straight I did it! As you can see I have finished the fiber postcard for …
This detail is an embellishment for Rick Rack. First the Rick Rack was attached over the seam with small stitches to hold it in place while the embroidery was being worked. Over the braid a series of single detached chain stitches were worked on an angle using DMC pearl 5 …
Its going to be a close shave with is fabric postcard for the 6 x 4 lives challenge. I think I might be skating through the door at the stroke of midnight postcard in hand panting as I say I did it. This is the current state of play. Since …
The detail featured today is actually two. The first is the texture behind the buttons and the second is the button cluster itself which has a bead tassel. This is the 6 inch crazy quilt block it came from. Many people simply stitch on a few buttons I like to …
Who sticks their tongue out when they are trying to concentrate? Or when they draw? I do and I have been thinking/drawing so hard my tongue is all dried up I am sure it looks like a prune or perhaps a pickle. I have been working up a few …
This seam embellishment starts off with a row of Herringbone worked in a thread the same weight as DMC pearl 5. The next row of Chevron stitch is worked over the herringbone in thread of the same weight. The chevron is spaced so that the bars are between the herringbone. …
Did you know that the Paisley design is sometimes called Persian Pickles? I didn’t until I got the Paisley bug and started to poke about the topic a little. The pattern can be traced back more than 2,000 years. The Paisley is some argue is Persian in origin, adapted in …
