This seam embellishment started off with a piece of ribbon which I couched down using Herringbone stitch. Using bugle beads I then picked out the V shapes made by the herringbone. At the top of the Herringbone is a detached chain with a long tail. This ‘tail’ is simply the …
This seam embellishment started off with a piece of lace that had a V like edge. I decided I was going to emphasise the V pattern and at the base of the lave worked two rows of straight stitches in a horizontal arrow stitch formation. These were worked in DMC …
This seam embellishment is a treatment for an unusual triple rick rack I received in a swap. I stitched French knots down the middle in a thread the same weight as DMC pearl 12.On the side of the rick rack I added five detached chain stitches arranged around a bugle …
Today I have a seam embellishment which is a piece of lace that has been beaded between the main motifs.Along the edge I have worked Pekinese stitch in two contrasting threads. The first is DMC pearl 8 which is laced with a metallic braid. In the round up for today …
This featured seam embellishment Is a simple seam treatment that was started with a row of Herringbone which was worked to hold down some atin ribbon. The row was then tied with small crosses worked in contrasting thread. One one side a series of straight stitches were topped off with …
Todays featured seam embellishment was started with a foundation row of buttonhole stitch which was worked in a thread the same weight as DMC pearl 8. On one side I worked a small caston stitch and on the other three Bullion stitches. Both these stitches were worked in a thread …
This small detail on a crazy quilt block is worked along the side of a wide ribbon. On one side I worked two rows of Herringbone stitch on top of each other. One row is thin and the other fat and both rows are tied at the cross with a …
