Today is ANZAC day, the day Australians and New Zealanders remember those who died in war Thousands attended Anzac dawn service in Canberra this morning. Some say that ANZAC Day valorises war but as a nation we actually remember our greatest loss in war. Visitors from overseas make comment on this as I suppose it is a …
Stitches: This line of embroidery is twisted chain stitch worked in a zig zag manner and topped with seed beads Thread: DMC perle thread #5 Placement and Foundation Fabric: This seam is between piece 4 and piece 2 on the diagram used when I introduced block 6 In the same …
This band illustrates two rows of stitches. The first is row up and down buttonhole stitch. The second is a variety of chain stitch called two colour chain stitch. You can find directions on page 57 of The Embroidery Stitch Bible by Betty Barnden. As I explained when I introduced this …
Stitches: This seam is embellished with a line of buttonhole stitch which has been topped off with seed beads Thread: DMC perle thread #5 Placement and Foundation Fabric: This seam is between piece 3 and pieces 1 and 2 on the diagram I used when I introduced the block and spoke about the foundation fabrics …
This is a row of detached chain stitch which has been threaded with a thicker thread. Thread: DMC perle thread #8 has been used for the detached chain and the stitches have been threaded with hand dyed lampshade fringing which is very similar to Bunka thread Fabric: This section of the …
CQMag Online has been release a smidge early this time around. So don’t hand around here, make a cuppa pop over to the site, and settle back to browse and read another great issue. For anyone who has not encountered this ezine it focuses on crazy quilting and associated needlework …
Stitches: Behind the button cluster there is a seam embellished with a line of Cretan stitch Thread: DMC perle thread #5. Placement and Foundation Fabric: This seam is between piece 1 and piece 2 on the diagram used when I introduced block 6 in this series. In the same article I also talked …
