Month: January 2012

CQ detail 364


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Crazy quilt details2 Comments

This little button cluster decoration and mouse charm  is found on block 53 of the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt. It is the last detail I need to record before moving on to block 54. What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand …

Work in Progress Wednesday

Hand Embroidery / Long Band Sampler / Work in Progress   / / / 6 Comments

This year I hope to have the odd entry where I share some of the processes I use. Most of them I think of as simple little techniques or approaches to a problem. They are methods I have developed over the years and I hope that readers find them useful. I …

Fly Stitch

Hand embroidery stitches / Stitch Dictionary   / / 227 Comments

Fly stitch is a simple stitch that you can use for many things, such as in the sample above. In this piece of contemporary embroidery, I worked fly stitch in stranded cotton floss, perle #8 cotton, perle #12 cotton over layers of chiffon and net to produce a watery effect. …