Needlework Detail 617 on the For love of Stitching Band Sampler

This is a detail of an area on section 45 of  The for Love of Stitching Band Sampler. If you click on the sampler image you can see this area of stitching in context. Stitches on this part of the sampler are: On this part of the sampler I was …

Tulip Stitch or Slipped Detached Chain Stitch

Slipped Detached chain stitch sounds a mouthful but it is a simple and versatile stitch. Often called tulip stitch because that is what it can look like, it is one of those easy quick stitches that lends itself to variation. It is so simple people overlook slipped detached chain as a stitch to experiment with. …

Crazy quilt seam detail 442

This embellished area is part of  block 65 of the I dropped the button box Quilt. I scattered beads, charms and buttons over the seam to make it look like they has spilt on the block. I call these areas bead trails and the trick is to not make them …

Needlework Detail 616 on the For love of Stitching Sampler

This is a detail of an area on section 45 of  The for Love of Stitching Band Sampler. If you click on the sampler image you can see this area of stitching in context. Stitches on this part of the sampler are: On this part of the sampler I was …