Year: 2014

Detail 661 and 662 on my Freeform Hand Embroidery Sampler


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I have two details to share with you today. Both are from  section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler. Stitches Used The first detail  is possibly one of the best beginner stitches of the pulled thread group as Wave stitch is quick easy to count and worked in lines across the fabric. The …

Crazy Quilt Block 76 on the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt

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 Crazy Quilt Block 76 comes from a quilt called  I dropped the button box quilt, which you can see on the left. (If you click on the image of the quilt you will see a larger photograph of it.) I have diagramed the pattern and written an article on each block. With …

Details 658, 659 and 660 on my Freeform Hand Embroidery Sampler


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The detail below is an area on section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler. Fabric: The foundation fabric is some recycled linen that I found in a charity shop. Originally the line was a set of placemats that had stains on them. I  dyed the linen but it was still …

How to hand embroider Beaded Vandyke stitch

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Beaded Vandyke stitch as the name suggests is a beaded version of the very popular Vandyke stitch. If you need  to jog your memory directions on how to work it are here. Regular Vandyke stitch is often used as a border which means the beaded version would make a nice edging on …

Detail 657 on my Freeform Hand Embroidery Sampler


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Today I would like share another  hand embroidered detail on section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler. Fabric: As I explained when I introduced readers to this section of the sampler I pieced together all sorts of scraps that had left over from other projects. I felt I was …

Detail 656 on my Freeform Hand Embroidery Sampler

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The detail below is an area on section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler which was worked between March and May 2010. Needless to say Autumn starts in March in Australia Fabric The foundation fabric is a hand dyed 18 cnt Aida   Stitches Used The word Autumn is …

Work in progress Wednesday


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I feel bad about this but I don’t have any stitching news as this class has kept me very busy! I have 170 people in the class and made a mistake of proposing a challenge just before it began but hey the colours were pretty and I got carried away. I hope that next …