Crazy quilt block 86 with the pattern and seam embellishment details

Crazy Quilt Block 86 is a warm autumnal toned block in orange and brown tones and sits well next to the bronze brown tones of block 85. The I Dropped the Button Box quilt has the block set to form diagonal lines of colour across the quilt. (You see the quilt at …

This is more than a hand embroidery sampler

As I sat to write this, I thought this is more than a embroidery sampler. It is not just the size which is 96 feet long it is that I have lived with parts of this cloth sitting in my sewing box for years and years as I started doing …

How to use PicMonkey to create your own embroidery designs

If you like to customise gifts and home decor items with hand embroidery PicMonkey will help you design just the right thing. What is PicMonkey? It is a free easy to use photo editor online. (Since writing this Pic Monkey is no longer free but offers a free trial and …

Looking closely at my Freeform Hand Embroidery Sampler

As I have said before I had fun experimenting on this particular area of my sampler I think I really just relaxed into it because it was a very long piece of linen. I explained on this page that my local branch of the Embroiderers guild has a recycle table and …