Month: August 2010

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 379


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This is the last band on section 27 of the For the Love of Stitching band sampler is worked in perle cotton #5 and perle cotton #8. The green line is double knot stitch Saturday I will introduce the next section of the sampler Fabric: 27cnt quaker cloth Size: The For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is …

How to make a fabric book tutorial


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Over on Shade tree Art I found a great illustrated  tutorial on how to make a fabric book. The method Shirley Hays employs to stitch the pages together produces a neat spine and a book which will behave as a book and lay flat when open. I am sure some …

CQ Detail 224


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Detail: This is the first detail on block 34. The seam is covered with a cheap nylon lace which I dyed and beaded. The cluster of oval shaped beads hang from a fan of three straight stitches and the hearts have a single detached chain stitch at their base. Thread: …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 378


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This band on section 27 of the For the Love of Stitching band sampler is worked in perle cotton #5 and perle cotton #8. The green line is double knot stitch and the central line is a variety of slipped detach chain stitch. Fabric: 27cnt quaker cloth Size: The For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is 15 …

Introducing block 34 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt


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It is time to introduce Block 34 which has a colour scheme made up of shades of white and blue.   This is probably a simple colour scheme but as I said when introducing the last block when there are 100 blocks in a quilt you need a few that …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 377


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This band on section 27 of the For the Love of Stitching band sampler is worked in a hand dyed cotton. The pattern is made up of two rows of half chevron stitch  worked back to back. Fabric: 27cnt quaker cloth Size: The For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide. It consists of different …

CQ Detail 223


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Detail: This is the last detail on block 33 and the seam is embroidered with 2 lines of tied herringbone stitch Thread: Cotton perle #5 (DMC) What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and decorations on my crazy quilt I dropped the …