Stitches: This band illustrates experiments with zig zag coral stitch, Thread: A hand dyed mercerised cotton, which is about the same weight as perle 8 thread Fabric: This section of the sampler is worked on tea towel linen which is not quite an even weave. Dyes: Procion cold water dyes …
Stitches: Straight stitch and French knot Threads: The french knot was worked in a hand dyed thread (by me) that is the same weight and thickness as perle 5. the black straight stitches were worked in black coton a broder. Placement: This seam is between Piece 5 and Pieces 1, 2 and 4 Type …
Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont (1846-1890) has been published online as a web site. Usually online books are delivered as PDF files which are easy to download but still a bit unwieldy and costly to print out. It is really handy to have version as a website, as you can …
Stitches: This band illustrates a couching experiments with buttonhole stitch. Buttonhole is holding a ribbon in place. Thread: A hand dyed mercerised cotton, which is about the same weight as perle thread 8 Fabric: This section of the sampler is worked on tea towel linen which is not quite an even weave. …
The first block sits in the top left hand corner of the crazy quilt has a dominant tone of grey. For this reason it is possibly one of the least attractive blocks in the quilt. A you can see there are 6 areas, each of a different fabric. This crazy …
In this post I hope to tell your a little of the history of the “I dropped the button box” crazy quilt and provide a grid reference for each block which I will refer to in future posts and a picture of the quilt itself. The “I dropped the button …
I just had t share this knitted bus! Magda Sayeg and a group of guerilla knitters are responsible and it was featured in Telegraph(UK) newspaper Guerilla knitters around the world are taking knitting out of the domestic sphere and into public places as they have started to decorate trees, street signs …
