For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 436

This band of stitching on Section 32 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler  is based on a foundation of 3 rows of herringbone. The top and bottom rows are tied and in the hills and valleys I have worked bullion roses in a hand dyed wool thread. Threads: Hand dyed cotton …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 435

This is part of border area on Section 32 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler The zig zag pattern is back stitch and I added a metal novelty bead secured with a seed bead. Threads: Cotton perle #8 Fabric: 26 cnt linen Date: This section of the sampler was worked …

CQ Detail 279

Crazy quilt hand embroidered seam decoration: This hand embroidered seam on block block 40, is two rows of herringbone laced with a fine metallic braid Thread:  Perle #5 cotton thread, metallic braid What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and decorations …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 434

This is part of the border area on Section 32 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler  I used the border areas of this sampler to experiment with different designs based on a zig zag movement. The zig zag is back stitch and the in the valleys I have worked a detached …

Free Hand Embroidery Patterns

As regular readers will know, the other week I published some cleaned up out of copyright patterns from the 1907 Herrschner Catalogue which can be found in the Antique pattern Library.   I am sure crazy quilters will find particularly this last pattern useful as I am sure they would …