Introducing block 11 on the “I dropped the button box” quilt

Time to introduce block 11 as placed on this grid. The block actually found itself set sideways by accident in the I dropped the Button Box quilt but to be honest no one has ever noticed (or they are too polite to say) Once again I hope people will enjoy …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 110

The first row of stitching band (which is not wobbly just photographed that way!) is a line of a stitch listed as Eastern stitch on page 224 of Complete Guide to Embroidery Stitches (Reader’s Digest) The second row is Sorbello stitch. I wanted to see what they looked like side …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 109

    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 …