Day four is an embellishment which consists of two rows of Herringbone stitch worked in rayon ribbon floss. The rows are worked back to back. The next thing I did was to lace both rows with a thick thread, which left a neat centre between the rows for a bead. …
Day three brings you another 2 seam treatments. The first consists of a row of 3 detached chain stitches worked DMC pearl 8. Tucked between each of those is a small straight stitch. This edges a piece of lace that has been embellished with beads. The second row is also …
To my delight and surprise, yesterdays announcement about this series created quite a reaction. I had thought that people would read them and enjoy them but had no idea it would provoke a stitch-a-long. Allison Aller started the ball rolling by jumping in and within hours had her interpretation online …
I have decided to start a new series of posts which will run for a 100 days. Each day I plan to post a detail of some stitch, seam treatment or embellishment and talk a little about it. I am calling the series 100 details for 100 days. I will …
Normal blogging will return tomorrow. The Ebay auction for All that Jazz quilts finished at All that Jazz no 1 raising $867.59, All that Jazz no 2 raising $310.98 and All that Jazz no 3 raising $325.00 which brings it to a tally of 1,503. 57! Money raised on these …
I have been fidgeting about like a kid who has had too much red cordial compulsively checking Ebay constantly and trying not to log in again 10 minutes later to see if things have changed. In case people missed the news early in the week the quilts that are to …
Drum roll please … I have the URLS for the All that Jazz quilts that are to be auctioned are are on Ebay. It’s a 10 day auction and here are the links. The large quilt is All that Jazz no 1 and there is All that Jazz no 2 …
