Month: September 2006
100 details for 100 days Day 77
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 …
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The steps challenge for Week 8
Yesterday I mentioned that I would like feedback on a slide show produced using Slide.com which allows you to produce a free slide show in minutes which you can put on blogs or websites. For some strange reason the comments seems to not be working on the post but people …
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100 details for 100 days Day 76
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 …
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A slide show experiment please participate
I first spotted a slide show feature on Monique’s inside number twenty and of course just had to investigate. Slide.com allows you to produce a free slide show in minutes which you can put on blogs or websites. I quickly made one but am I am hesitant to slap it …
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100 details for 100 days Day 75
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 …
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100 details for 100 days Day 74
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 …
