Crazy quilt hand embroidered seam decoration: This seam on block 41 is a row of quarter buttonhole wheels that have been decorated with seed bead. Thread: Perle #5 cotton thread. What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and decorations on my crazy …
Crazy quilt hand embroidered seam decoration: This small seam detail on block 41 of the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt, is a detail that is easily missed as it is so small. It is made up of a 3 lines of seed beads. What is the story? This regularly …
Crazy quilt hand embroidered seam decoration: This seam on block 41 has been decorated with hand dyed lace that I stitched on then added some straight stitches and seed beads. What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and decorations on my …
Crazy quilt hand embroidered seam decoration: This seam on block 41 is first covered with a commercial nylon lace then detached chain stitches worked worked to echo the fan shape has been decorated with seed beads. Thread: Perle #8 cotton thread What is the story? This regularly published series aims to …
Crazy quilt hand embroidered seam decoration: This seam detail on block 41 of the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt, is a row of buttonhole stitch worked at various heights along the seam which has been further decorated with seed beads. Thread: Silk What is the story? This regularly published series …
Crazy quilt hand embroidered seam decoration: This is the first seam detail on block 41 of the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt. It is a row of chain stitch worked in half circles above a seam that has been decorated with commercial embroidery Anglaise edging fabric. This type of …
With the new year I am now about to start documenting block 41 of the I dropped the button box quilt. This block is in tones of buttery yellow and soft browns with a smidgen of gold. Many of the fabric pieces were scraps that from a regular quilt I …
