For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 326 is a seam on a section of crazy quilting. The seam has been covered with a commercial ribbon. I liked the ruffled effect and so I decided to take advantage of it. I coverd the seam with ribbon, securing it with small basting stitches. Then, once the ribbon was secured I added detached chain stitches. Once they were worked I tucked small pearl beads into the pleats. They are a little visual treat and you would be surprised how many people want to poke their finger into the pleats and touch the beads!
Thread:
The thread I used is perle #8 cotton.
Date:
This section of the For the Love of Stitching Sampler was worked during 2007. You can find out more about this section of the sampler in the article I wrote when I introduced section 25 to my readers basically as I was stitching I thought why not include a strip of crazy quilting to my band sampler and see what it looks like? So I did
Size:
I hope you enjoy seeing these close up details of my hand embroidery sampler which are part of an on going series of articles here on Pintangle. The sampler is only 6 inches wide but it is 96 feet 5 inches or 29.3878 meters long you can read about why it exists on the Sampler FAQ page
