For day 90 in this series I am featuring a detail in which you can see four seam embellishments. The first detail I would like to draw your attention to is a line of stitching that runs diagonally from the middle of the photograph to the tip right hand corner. …
The crazy quilt block detail for day 89 in this series looks slightly different from my normal seam embellishments. It starts with a series of scallops I worked in Chain stitch. I used a hand dyed silk thread that is the same thickness as DMC perle #5. Between the base …
The detail for Day 88 in the 100 details for 100 days series features another simple seam embellishment that has been worked alongside a piece of commercial braid. The braid is made of gimp and was hand dyed with procion dyes. I first worked a row of Chevron stitch in …
Day 87 of 100 crazy quilt details is a small patch motif. It was not so much designed as pushed into the shape on the block that I wanted to fill. The motif consists of two daisies stitched using Detached Chain stitch using cotton. The daisies are made of Detached …
The seam embellishment for 100 Crazy Quilt details Day 86, looks a little different. I first stitched down a thin braid – it is about a quarter of an inch wide. On both sides of the braid I worked Half chevron stitch along both sides, in cotton perle #5 thread. …
For day 85 of 100 crazy quilt details I am featuring a simple easy to work seam embellishment. I worked both sides of a strip of hand dyed cotton lace which covers the seam. I could have easily sone the same thing along the side of a ribbon stitched along the …
Day 84 in 100 Crazy Quilt details another seam which I first covered with a thin, hand dyed, piece of lace. On one side I worked a straight stitch in a groups of three in cotton perle #8 and then added a small flower like shape using caston stitch. This …
