How to rust dye cloth
Threads Magazine has published very easy directions on how to rust dye cloth. It is a very beautiful technique which has been covered simply and concisely by Ariel Price. So do check out How to Make One-of-a-Kind Fabric
Month: April 2009
For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 62
This is a line of butterfly chain stitch Thread: A hand dyed silk I currently have a few left of my creative thread packs available in my ArtFire store Fabric: This section of the sampler is worked on tea towel linen which is not quite an even weave. Dyes: Procion cold …
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Work in Progress
I have another diamond worked. Once again it is heavily worked with silk ribbon embroidery. As I have mentioned I am currently designing a series of Silk Ribbon Embroidery motifs that can be used of a beginners course on Silk Ribbon Embroidery. This course is aimed at beginners …
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CQ Detail 30
This detail is cluster of vintage and modern buttons Placement and Foundation Fabric: The cluster sits of a crochet doiley which covers part of pieces 7, 1, 3, and 9. What is the back story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and …
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For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 61
This is a row of Cretan stitch, which has been worked fairly close together and whipped down the central spine. Thread: The Cretan stitch is worked in a hand dyed cotton which is about the same thickness and weight as perle 8. It has been whipped with a Madeira metallic thread Fabric: This section of the …
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CQ Detail 29
Stitches: This seam is embellished with 3 buttons that sit on half buttonhole wheels , between them are two pistol stitches which have a seed bead at the base. Threads: The Buttonhole wheels are worked in hand dyed silk and pistol stitches are hand dyed cotton. Placement and Foundation Fabric: This seam …
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For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 60
This section is once again actually two bands. The first is a row of fly stitch, the second is whipped fly stitch. Threads: The first row of fly stitch is worked in a hand dyed mercerised cotton, the second is a soft hand dyed soft Danish cotton which feels and works up in a …
