Stitches: This detail on the crazy quilt is of two buttons on lace which has been edged with chain stitch Thread: The chain stitch is worked in perle thread #8. Placement and Foundation Fabric: This area is on piece 4 on the diagram in the article introducing block 7 In the same article …
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 …
