Stitch: This band illustrates experiments with knotted Cretan stitch Thread: The first row is worked in a hand dyed Danish cotton which was purchased in bulk from a supplier of weaving thread. The second row is a hand dyed crochet cotton. Fabric: This section of the sampler is a dress linen …
Stitch: This band illustrates a stitch called Twisted Lattice Band and I used it in my stitch dictionary Thread: A hand dyed cotton thread was used as the foundation row which was laced with a metallic cord like thread produced by Madeira. I found a roll of it at a craft …
Stitch: This band illustrates experiments with Satin stitch and Padded satin stitch. Instructions on how to do these stitches are in my stitch dictionary Thread: A hand dyed baby knitting wool, cotton (crochet thread), hand dyed wool which is about the same weight as Appletons, hand dyed Danish cotton hand …
Stitch: This is a band of double herringbone worked close together in various threads Thread: A hand dyed cotton, wool, ribbon floss, knitting ribbon, silk and fine metallic braid Fabric: This section of the sampler is a dress linen which is not quite an even weave, hand painted with procion …
I recently came across sewing.com. Melanie and Lisa-Anne run this community orientated site is aimed at those who have sewing as their passion. Sewing.com houses tutorials, sewing tips, a dictionary and a forum. Many of their tutorials are good stash busting projects, so if this year you are looking to …
Stitch: This is variety of Interlaced double running stitch. For directions on how to stitch it illustrated in my stitch dictionary Thread: A hand dyed cotton (crochet thread) was used for the foundation running stitches These were laced first with ribbon floss. Beads were added to fill in the spaces and …
Stitch: This is variety of Laced triple running stitch. There are many ways to lace and thread running stitch some of which are listed in my stitch dictionary Thread: A hand dyed cotton (crochet thread) was used for the foundation running stitches These were laced first with a synthetic knitting ribbon …
