For the Love of Stitching Sample 599

This area is found on part 42 of The for Love of Stitching Band Sampler. Stitches Used: Algerian Eye stitch, straight satin stitch, sequins and seed beads Thread: Hand dyed perle #5 perle cotton Hand dyed wool Caron watercolours  1 strand of #5 perle cotton Fabric: Linda 27 count evenweave …

Work in Progress Wednesday Block 28 complete

Well I have not yet got  my stitching racing fingers on but I am progressing as I have another block done towards my next crazy quilt I am calling my Lace quilt. The block is 7 inches square. If you click on the block it should take you to  larger …

Inverted Feather Stitch

This stitch is called Inverted feather stitch but it is very unlike a feather stitch. I found this stitch in an old-fashioned stitch book by Anne Butler called Embroidery Stitches. You can build up this stitch, line upon line to create pattern fills. It is also good to couch down …

Crazy Quilt Seam Detail 427

This is an embellished seam on block 63 of the I dropped the Button Box Quilt. The seam is first covered with a braid then along the edge of the seam I worked little flower motifs made up of straight stitches, cast on stitches and detached chain stitches. I used a …

For the Love of Stitching Sample 598

This area is found on part 42 of The for Love of Stitching Band Sampler. Stitches Used: It is a version of wave stitch which is worked on a foundation of blocks of satin stitch then threaded with tubular knitting yarn. It was an experiment which was fun to do. …

Friday Freebie a free book online

I am having a tidy up of PDF files I have down loaded at various times and printing them out as I have found that leaving them on the computer means they get forgotten if I am not careful. So expect a few more pointers to gems like this over …