The photo below is a detail on section 49 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler. I have turned the photo on its side as these bands run vertically down the sampler. These details are on the bottom right hand side of the sampler created to celebrate the year of …
Yes this is a definite derailing moment. Look what arrived in the post the other day. Here is the back story. I was asked to review some of the Colourstreams products and agreed, thinking I work a little a sample, review their threads and move on. It is not going …
This is the last block in this quilt. I am so looking forward to doing something else once these blocks are done! I am sure everyone feels like this at the end of a large project such as quilt. Anyway here it the block and hopefully next week I will …
The photo below is a detail on section 49 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler. These bands run vertically down the sampler but I have turned the photo on its side. These details are on the sampler created to celebrate the year of the Tiger. Stitches Used: From the …
I don’t have any stitching news or progress to share as life has been a bit busy of late, but I am opening up this post for those who use the weekly progress report to push them towards completing a stitching project. Work in Progress Wednesdays aims to encourage people to …
Looped Cretan Stitch I discovered Looped Cretan stitch in an old embroidery book by Edith John titled Creative Stitches. It is called Looped Cretan and the beaded version is my adaption which includes adding a bead. It is really useful to know the foundation stitch which is, of course, Cretan stitch. …
