Detail: This lace has been couched down with a stitch sometimes called Head of the Bull stitch or Tete de Boeuf stitch, because it looks as if it has two horns. It is actually a fly stitch held down with a chain stitch. Thread: Hand dyed mulberry silk What is …
Block 33 is a little bit unusual as it is quite greyish. If you click on the image you can see a larger version. The colour scheme because is not so predicable. When there are 100 blocks in a quilt you need a few that are not screaming at you. …
Detail: This is some embellished braid. Along each edge I worked detached chain, and pistil stitches. Seed beads were added along the braid. Thread: Perle #8 hand dyed cotton What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and decorations on my crazy …
Detail: Three Vintage buttons sit in the top left hand corner on piece 3 on block 32 of the I dropped the button box quilt. What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and decorations on my crazy quilt I dropped the button box. All articles …
Detail: These vintage buttons are further embellished with seed bead tassels that dangle over the edge of the block . Also if you look along the seam line you will see French knots and bullion knots couching down a textured thread. Thread: Perle #5 and # 8 cotton for French …
Detail: This seam is embellshed with an up and down feather stitch variation, as one of the spines is a bullion knot. Tucked between the spines are detached chain stitches, topped with a seed bead. Thread: Perle #5 cotton hand dyed by me What is the story? This regularly published …
Detail: This is some embellished ric-rac. I held it down with zig-zag chain, then added some pistil stitches along the bottom and along the top is a line of flowers made of detached chain stitches, with a seed bead at the center and a straight stitch for the stems. Thread: …
