The detail for day 94, features a row of Herringbone Stitch that has small straight stitches added where the threads cross, top and bottom. This turns Herringbone stitch into stitch called Tied Herringbone! I worked the foundation row of herringbone in DMC cotton perle #5 thread. Next I used small …
Many gardeners some sort of record of what gets planted when. Have you ever thought of creating a more unique item as a keepsake? Have you thought to keep a botanical scrap book or journal of your garden? Or perhaps designing a sampler that illustrated the plants in your garden? …
Curiouslycrafty has published an illustrated step by step tutorial on making your own hat. When I saw this I immediately thought of embellishing it with buttons or going further and covering it buttons! Link found with thanks via Whip up.
The detail for Day 93 features a cluster of buttons and a seam embellishment! So in a way it is two details. Diagonally below the button cluster is a line of Alternating Barred Chain stitch in DMC cotton perle #3. The thread is quite thick for this but works as …
Have you ever wondered where and when purple dyes were invented or how it came about? What about fushia? Or have you ever tried to dye a good solid black? Colorantshistory.org has published a History of the International Dyestuff Industry. This is a comprehensive article which is well worth reading …
For Day 92 I am featuring another detail on a crazy quilt block which contains a number of seam embellishments in the one area. Each seam is quite small because all these seams are on a 6 inch block in my I Dropped the Button Box quilt. The first detail for …
Stitch Magazine has published directions on how to embroider a decorated box. Janet Edmonds has been inspired by the elaborately decorated boxes of the past.
