Detail: This is small red squirrel I designed because when we were in England, Eve my daughter loved feeding them in the park and she suggested a squirrel. He is only tiny about an inch and half tall. I worked a drawing from a photograph. Thread: Worked in a single …
Detail: This is some cheap nylon lace which I have embellished with beads down the middle. Along the edges of the lace I have worked a line of French knots . Thread: Cotton – a single strand of stranded cotton for the French knots What is the story? This regularly published …
Block 32 is a little bit of a favourite with me. I like the colour scheme because is not so predicable. Also across the bottom I have couched a novelty thread and the seam treatment is a little more free form. I hope you will enjoy the focus on each …
Detail: The last area of the block sits in the top left hand corner. It is a quarter of a small doily which I stitched down and then further embellished with silk ribbon embroidery and French knots. Thread: Cotton perle #5 for the French knots What is the story? This …
Detail: The next area of the block I would like to feature is the ribbon which I threaded through some vintage crochet lace and tied in a bow. I secured the bow with a couple of stitches and sprinkled some pearl beads over it. What is the story? This regularly …
Detail: This block is very difficult to divide up into individual details so I am tackling areas at a time. The most noticeable thing is a large cluster of vintage buttons but the detail I wanted to point to is two lines of up and down feather stitch one of which, …
We are now at block 31! I have always liked this block as it is so overladen with vintage buttons. There are 11 of them but they sit OK. It is also one of the few blocks that has a plain seam. Can you see it? Between piece 1 and …
