This area on Section 32 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is part of the border. It is made up of back stitch and sequins secured with seed beads. Threads: cotton perle #8 Fabric: 26 cnt linen Date: This section of the sampler was worked during April and May of 2008. …
Hand embroidered seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This seam is on block 42 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt. I covered it with a piece of braid and added detached chain stitches in quarter daisy formation and then added a seed bead at the base. Thread: Perle …
As regular readers will know, I sometime re-publish cleaned up out of copyright patterns from the 1907 Herrschner Catalogue which can be found in the Antique pattern Library. This time around I found a mistake in the catalogue Take a look at this design on page 102. I have not cleaned …
This area on Section 32 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is part of the border. It is made up of back stitch and some red plastic novelty beads. Threads: cotton perle #8 Fabric: 26 cnt linen Date: This section of the sampler was worked during April and May of 2008. …
I seem to be having a run interviews as over on The Sketchbook Challenge I responded to a series of questions that readers here I am sure will be interested in. I was asked Why do you keep a sketchbook and how often do you work in it? Do you work …
Hand embroidered seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This seam is on block 42 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt. I covered it with a piece of hand dyed lace, added some straight stitches in fan formations along the top and then decorated both lace and stitching with …
This is really an amazing story. Diane Rose lost her sight in 1984 but for years she has been making fabulous quilts entirely by touch. Don’t miss starting the week this uplifting story.
