This detail is an embellishment for Rick Rack. First the Rick Rack was attached over the seam with small stitches to hold it in place while the embroidery was being worked. Over the braid a series of single detached chain stitches were worked on an angle using DMC pearl 5 …
The detail featured today is actually two. The first is the texture behind the buttons and the second is the button cluster itself which has a bead tassel. This is the 6 inch crazy quilt block it came from. Many people simply stitch on a few buttons I like to …
The seam embellishment for 100 details for 100 days Day 71 starts off with a row of Herringbone stitches. These stitches are worked in a hand dyed thread that is the same thickness as DMC pearl #5. The next row of Chevron stitch is worked over the Herringbone stitches. I …
This seam embellishment is a development of yesterdays detail as it two rows of Herringbone worked back to back in a thread the same weight as DMC pearl 5. They are then interlaced with rayon ribbon. The lacing pattern is the same technique used in Twisted lattice band. Above the …
This seam embellishment looks a little complicated but it is not. It is a row of Herringbone worked in a thread the same weight as DMC pearl 5. This row was then interlaced with silk ribbon. The lacing pattern is the same technique used in Twisted lattice band. Above the …
Today I thought I would feature a ‘hidden’ seam embellishment which runs along the bottom of the lace on this crazy quilt block . Along the bottom of the lace is two straight stiches worked in V a horizontal manner. It is actually arrow stitch turned around. This foundation of …
Today seam embellishment is similar to yesterdays but this one started off with a line of detached chain worked along both sides of a ribbon in DMC pearl 5. These stitches were then laced with a crinkled looking thread. On one side I worked with a line of stem stitch …
