For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 355

Stitches This band of stitching is made up of two rows of tied  herringbone stitch Thread  The herringbone is worked in DMC perle #8 thread and it is tied with a hand dyed cotton . Fabric: Linda, 27cnt evenweave fabric produced by Zweigart Dyes:  Procion dyes for the cotton thread …

Wave Stitch Tutorial

Wave stitch is a bit similar to Cloud filling in the sense that it is a waved patterned filling stitch. You work the stitch row upon row to fill an area and build up a pattern. When worked in different shades this stitch is also known as Looped shading stitch. …

Art Journal technique: Gesso as a page base

Using gesso as a page base will add texture and strength to your page. If you add strength it means you can have more fun adding stuff! By stuff I mean items like fabric, lace, textured papers and threads. These photos are of pieces where textiles of one sort or …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 354

Stitches This band of stitching is made up of an arrangement of straight stitches and detached chain stitch. Thread  This band is worked in a cotton thread that is same thickness as  perle #8 thread. The thread was hand dyed by me. Fabric: Linda, 27cnt evenweave fabric produced by Zweigart …