Woven bars are great fun to make. Traditionally threads are with drawn from the foundation fabric and new threads are woven in but with freestyle bars you work them on the surface of the fabric which means they become a raised stitch. You can work one layer then another on top …
Stitches: This seam is embellished with a line of threaded stepped running stitch which has been further decorated with a combination of detached chain stitches and straight stitch Thread: This has a foundation of perle thread #8 which has been threaded with a 4 ply knitting yarn. The detched chin stitches are worked in DMC …
I discovered two files on the Antique Pattern Library web site that are a very useful and free book on Drawn thread embroidery. If you are interested in even weave stitching techniques you will enjoy Part I – Drawn Thread Embroidery by Therese Dillmont (PDF) and Part II – Drawn Thread …
This band is a pattern made up of half Algerian eye stitch turned on an angle, surrounded by straight stitch. A row of cross stitch borders the band top and bottom. Thread: A hand dyed perle thread #8 for the Algerian eye stitch, hand dyed mercerised cotton for the cross stitch and a hand …
This seam is embellished with a line of detached chain stitch and straight stitches on both the seam and the lace. Thread: Hand dyed perle #8 thread. Placement and Foundation Fabric: This seam runs along the edge of piece 6 on the diagram in the post written to introduce block 7 In the same …
This band is a pattern made up of cross stitch and straight stitch Thread: The cross stitches are worked in mercerised cotton and the straight stitches are worked in silk. The larger cross stitches were worked using a fine soft cotton that is similar to flower thread. All embroidery threads are …
I thought I would share this with my readers. This is a knitting sampler rolled as you would a needlework band sampler. Made in Czechoslovakia in 1876 it contains more than 70 patterns. This piece is held by the Powerhouse museum and one of the aspects of thier site I …
