On this band I first worked the design in a pulled thread stitch called four sided stitch. I then worked a cross stitch over the top. You can see it easier in the close up. Thread: A hand dyed silk Fabric: This section of my sampler is worked on 26 count …
Stitches: This seam is embellished with a variation of feather stitch. A seed bead is at the end of each ‘arm’ Thread: DMC perle thread #8. Placement and Foundation Fabric: This line of stitching runs down the middle of piece 3 on the diagram in the post written to introduce block 9. In the …
This band of stitching is created out of and arrangement of straight stitches. Thread: A hand dyed perle cotton #5 and a hand dyed wool which is about the same weight as Appletons. The embroidery threads are hand dyed by me. Fabric: This section of my sampler is worked on 26 count linen. Dyes: Procion …
Stitches: It is a bit difficult to describe what is actually going on here but I will try. First I worked a row of widely spaced open Cretan stitch, which was then laced twice. The first was laced along the spine of the stitch then I laced the arms of the …
This band of stitching is a blackwork pattern worked in back stitch. It was a light relief after the complexity of area 95. Thread: Hand dyed perle thread #8. Fabric: This section of my sampler is worked on 26 count linen. Dyes: Procion cold water dyes for the thread Size: All samples …
This detail was created by placing a button on top of a crochet medallion. I found a table runner in a thrift shop which was partly complete. In the bag was a number of these crochet medallions some stitched together others still single. I dyed them all different colours and it …
This section of the sampler is large sea horse motif that is a mix of techniques, stitches and threads. Within the design there is bullion knots, buttonhole wheel stitch, cast on stitch, chain stitch, couching, detached chain stitch, double cast on stitch, French knots, long and short stitch, Oyster stitch, Portuguese knotted stem stitch, satin stitch, straight stitch, and whipped …
