Stitches: This band illustrates a single row of long armed cross stitch Thread: A hand dyed mercerised cotton the same weight and thickness 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: This band illustrates a row of Vandyke Stitch which can be found on page 119 of The Stitches of Creative Embroidery by Jacqueline Enthoven or page 135 of A-Z of Embroidery Stitches 2 Mary Corbet of Needle and thread has a video of Vandyke stitch and Primrose design has these step by …
The latest edition of CQ Mag online has been released.This issue is of particular significance because it is in memory of Nora Creeach, our former Editor and Publisher, who passed away late last year. This makes this issue special. For instance Mary Corbet has written an excellent article on Goldwork …
To all my Aussie readers Happy Australia Day! I will have the camera in hand taking photos after such a positive response to yesterdays post about documenting the I dropped the button box crazy quilt. On with todays band. Stitches: This band illustrates fly stitch which has been tied off …
I have some good news for crazy quilter this morning! As a result of being accused of leaving Crazy quilters out and requests to document my crazy quilt “I dropped the Button Box” in the same way as I am doing with my band sampler I have decided to do …
Stitches: This band illustrates single feather stitch on the first row. The next row is a variation of Herringbone stitch which has had a small Back stitch added top and bottom and the last row consists of Palestrina stitch Thread: The first row is a hand dyed cotton thread the same weight as perle 8. The second …
Tip Nut has run an article on How to Clean Needlework Over on Freda’s Hive there is a tutorial for making a Doll house Pot Holder which looks like a good stash busting project. For another stash busting project this tutorial from Craft stylish on How to sew a fabric …
