I am wanting to wish all my readers an absolutely wonderful holiday period. (Do you like the Christmas card I made in Photoshop?) Make a cuppa as I am in a chatty mood! I have a hunch that in years to come I will look back on 2013 as one …
This crazy quilt seam embellishment is part of block 70 of the I dropped the button box Quilt. The seam is covered with antique lace and secured with seed beads. Detached chain stitch in groups of 3 secure the edge of the lace. What is the story? This regular series …
Once again I am opening up this post for those readers who use the weekly work in progress deadline to push them towards completing a project. I don’t have anything to share as it is holiday time at our place and will be for a month. It is summer in …
Reversed Buttonhole Bar creates a textured braid-like stitch that is great to use as a textured border or edging. You can use it as a linear stitch too, making it a very versatile stitch to add to the stitches you use. This stitch is also known as Buttonhole with an …
This crazy quilt seam embellishment is part of block 70 of the I dropped the button box Quilt. The roses are made of silk ribbon using a stitch called woven spoke stitch . The rose buds are twisted chain stitch base of the buds are worked in bullion knots and and …
This is my daughter, Eve Facebook status update which I have reposted here with her permission… So we have rigged a 20m long tightwire over my mother’s garden. It is only 1.2m off the ground but is not without it’s perils.. The first danger involves walking over the seething mass …
I would like to introduce section 48 of my For love of Stitching band sampler which was stitched in January 2010. This is another freeform section. In many ways it is a little like section 45. It is a return to the idea of using different foundation fabrics to experiment on. I …
