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For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 312

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 312


Stitches

This small motif is created using two buttonhole stitches and stem stitch.  The motif is small about 3 cm or an inch and a bit high.

Thread 

A hand dyed cotton perle 12 cotton

Fabric:

Dress linen

Dyes: 

Procion dyes used on the thread

Size:

The sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide and all sections are 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:

This section of the sampler was worked during 2007.

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2 Comments

  1. This is wonderful! I’m needing to do liliy-of-the-valley in silk ribbon, and I believe that turned upside down and re-arranged a bit, this will do it. Thanks! I hadn’t thought of using the little fly stitches.

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