Seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This area is found on crazy quilt block 51 of the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt. I first stitched down a little hand dyed lace butterfly motif then added seed beads. What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document …
This section of sampler was worked in early January 2009 as part of the stitch explorer challenge I ran here on this blog. Section 34 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is small section made up of two bands of Chicken Scratch. Band 512 an 513. I am sharing …
Once again this week the free design is one of my designs for hand embroidery. I hope you like it. It can be a motif used on a biscornu. These are for non commercial use and I ask you to attribute the work to me, with link back to this …
Seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This seam is to be found on crazy quilt block 51 of the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt. I first covered the seam with some vintage lace which I then edged it with feather stitch worked in hand dyed silk thread. I added seed …
It is wednesday again and I have another finished block for my next crazy quilt which I am calling the Lace quilt. The middle of this block has a piece of applique that recycled from a vintage tray cloth. There is also some fantastic vintage hand made lace on this block. I …
This area is to be found on Section 33 of the For Love of Stitching band sampler. I was experimenting with patterns that could be created using long tailed chain stitch, star cross stitch and seed beads. Stitches Used: Long tailed chain stitch and star cross stitch. Threads: Hand dyed …
Seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This seamis found on crazy quilt block 51 of the I dropped the button box quilt. It is arrow stitch laced with a tubular ribbon kintting yarn. I nestled the heart shaped beads into the valley of each V shape after lacing. What is …
