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 …
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 …
I have started block 35 in the lace crazy quilt. As you can see I have added a corner of serviette. You will find all the other blocks in this series the Lace Quilt category Join in Work in Progress Wednesdays and leave a comment If you have made progress on …
Fancy Hem Stitch is a simple quick stitch which I think people will enjoy. Crazy quilters I am sure will see immediately how useful it can be. Embroiderers will enjoy it not only in use on edgings but also work row upon row as a filling stitch. I first discovered …
This embellished seam is part of block 65 of the I dropped the button box Quilt. I covered the seam with a commercial gimp braid and added detached chain stitches in cotton perle #5 thread What is the story? This regular series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered …
I stitched this sampler late in 2009 it was done in a couple of weeks. At the time I was experimenting with foundation fabrics and I patch worked together hand dyed fabrics as the cloth of the sampler. All the fabrics were hand dyed and painted using procion dyes and …
Life has been busy but at least I have managed to complete this block this week. So I can declare that I have completed block 34 for my next crazy quilt. As usual if click on the block you can see a larger version and I have a few details …
