I really wish I had remembered this resource when I suggested the Assisi challenge as Assisi Embroideries, from DMC library is a great book on which can be found on the On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics. I hope what I have lost in timeliness I …
This is three bands of running stitch which have been laced with a thread then the lacing was laced with chenille. Thread: The running stitches were working in a hand dyed perle thread #8. The first run of lacing is a hand dyed mercerised cotton (crochet thread), and the last is a hand …
This morning I will talk about two details. The first is the floral motif pictured above and the second is the lace that runs beside the seam. Stitches: The floral motif is made up of bullion knot roses, fly stitch leaves and French knots. The lace and seam are both embellished with detached chain stitch and straight …
Threads magazine has published a tutorial on how to make better cord knots. Susan Khalji has illustrated how to make them softer and easier to tie. These knots are a great finishing technique which can be used with all sorts of crafts situations. It is a handy skill to have …
This band of stitching is made up of blocks of straight stitch worked in a different threads. Thread: A hand dyed mercerised cotton, wool which is about the same weight as Appletons, a soft Danish cotton which feels and works up in a similar way to coton a broder and is matt with no …
Stitches: This detail at first looks a little complex. The seam is embellished with a line of feathered up and down stitch. This has been threaded with a textured bubbly yarn. At the end of the spikes of the up and down stitch I have used bullion knots. They have …
Since people are exploring needleweaving for this months Stitch explorer challenge I thought I might show you another needle woven stitch called Needle woven picot. It is great stitch that you can make short or quite long. They are very effective if worked on mass or if you work them …
