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 …
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 …
