This band of stitching is created by working a line of herringbone stitch which is tied with a row of zig-zag chain stitch
Thread:
DMC perle thread #5, and #8.
Fabric:
This section of my sampler is worked on cream dress linen
Size:
The sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide and each section is 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:
I started this section of the sampler in 2004 and completed it early 2005.
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