This band of stitching is created by working two lines of overlapping herringbone stitch and then interlacing them with a third thread.
Thread:
Perle thread #5
Fabric:
This section of my sampler is worked on cream dress linen
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:
The sampler was started in 2004 and completed it early 2005.
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All posts in the series are in the category the Love of Stitching Band Sampler
Hello Sharon,
I have just managed to copy this herringbone variation for my Week 3 Sampler! It took me three goes and it is still not totally correct! It will have to do.
Oooo… I like this one verra much!!