This first band of stitching on section 11 is quite boring! My name is created using back stitch, which is then surrounded with cross stitch. On either side I worked a pattern of diagonal straight stitches in blocks. This stitch is often worked in canvas work or needlepoint projects.
Thread:
A hand dyed soft Danish cotton which feels and works up in a similar way to coton a broder. It is has no sheen and is approximately the same thickness and weight as perle 12
A hand dyed wool which is about the same weight as Appletons
Fabric:
This section of my sampler is worked on Aida
Dyes:
Procion cold water dyes for the 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:
I started this section of the sampler was finished in November 2005.
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All posts in the series are in the category the Love of Stitching Band Sampler.
