Today I am featuring a simple seam embellishment. As you can see straight stitches have been arranged at along the edge of some lace that covers the seam. In hand dyed thread that is the same weight as DMC pearl 8, I added French knots arranged in a bunch. Two …
There is a particularly interesting discussion going on over at crochetme provoked by an excellent post Take Back The Crochet We need more artists to explore the medium and its potential for expression. We need women and men to use their hooks with pride, and to consider the beauty they …
The Gutenberg Project has a copy of William Holmes 1984 book A Study of the Textile Art in its Relation to the Development of Form and Ornament. This classic has an emphasis on form in textiles particularly basket weaving.
Today I am featuring two seam embellishments in the 100 details for a 100 days series. The first is actually very simple as it is three straight stitches arranged at different angles. I then added three detached chain stitches in the same thread, DMC pearl thread 5. Beads finnished off …
The crazy quilting detail for today looks complicated but it is not. Firstly we are looking at a seam which has a piece of lace running down the side of it instead of hiding it. Also instead of stitching the lace on so that the even side ran along the …
Since this is the three quarter point in the series I thought I would feature something special. This unicorn was worked in single strand DMC stranded floss. The horn is a shell which has been cut to reveal the middle. In the partitions are some seed beads. The tail and …
Today we have two treatments. One for braid the other for lace. Both embellishments are simple suitable for those new hands to embroidery and embellishment. In each case the lace or braid was first attached over the seam with small stiches to hold it in place while stitching. The scallop …
