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 …
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. …
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 …
It is time to return to telling the story of what I did on each block in my I dropped the Button Box Quilt. This is an embellished area on block 63 I trimmed a piece of hand dyed lace which I dyed using procion dyes. If you look carefully you will …
I am gradually getting back onto the swing of stitching. One of my goals this year is to finish what I call my lace quilt. Just to remind folks The blocks in the lace quilt are 7 inch blocks and there are 49 to do so I am slowly working …
Knotted Feather Stitch is another versatile variation of feather stitch. If you have not worked Feather stitch before or a bit unsure you might want to refresh your memory on a fabric scrap using the tutorial on feather stitch . I have seen this stitch referred to a thorn stitch (there …
