This area of stitching was worked using a number of highly textured stitches and pulled stitches. In it you will find bullion knots, buttonhole wheel stitch, cast on stitch, double cast on stitch, drizzle stitch, French knots, whipped spider’s wheel alongside beads of various shapes and sizes.
The leaves are edged with whipped chain stitch.
The pulled stitches are single faggot stitch, wave stitch, diagonal cross filling, four sided stitch and an experiment with wave stitch. Apart from my experiment with wave stitch all these pulled stitches can be found in Pulled Thread Embroidery
Thread:
Numerous threads were used most hand dyed by me. DMC perle thread #5, and #8, mercerised cotton, hand dyed cotton chenille, coton a broder, wool, a soft Danish cotton, and three types of hand dyed silk.
Fabric:
This section of my sampler is worked on 26 count linen
Dyes:
Procion cold water dyes for threads.
Size:
All samples are 15 cm (6 inches) wide and stitched together in one long band sampler.
The sampler is currently 44 ft 5 inches or 533 inches (1353.83 centimetres) or 14.8 yards (13.53 metres) long and still being added to.
Date:
This section of the sampler was worked in May 1998
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All posts in the series are in the category the Love of Stitching Band Sampler.
I just thought I would chime in, as I am one of those that sits quietly on the sidelines most of the time.
I’m sure I’m not the only one getting a daily dose from you but I thought it was way passed time to just say how much I appreciate all that you offer here.
I have really enjoyed the crazy quilt blocks and the ongoing band sampler as well. I just love everything about it. A piece to………..a BIG piece ……………a VERY BIG piece of covetous stitchery. On top of that, I enjoy the extras you throw in such as sharing other web findings and whatnot.
Thanks so much for all you do share. I don’t know how the heck you do it all but thanks just the same.
I love this section with its variety of pulled thread in colour.
I must tell you that am enjoying this sampler so much. The sections can’t come fast enough for me.