This band of stitching is made up of rows of reversed fly stitch which have been whipped with a second thread. Thread: The reversed fly stitch was worked in perle cotton and it was whipped with a high gloss silk thread which unfortunately in one spot snagged. I hand this sampler …
This row of stitching is a band of chain braid stitch Thread: A hand dyed silk Fabric: This section of my sampler is worked on 26 count linen which has been hand painted with procion cold water dyes. Dyes: Procion cold water dyes were used for both thread and foundation …
This band of stitching which is actually a needlepoint stitch called Petal. I discovered it in Mary Rhodes Dictionary of Canvas Work Stitches (Batsford Embroidery Paperback). As a side note this is an old but good book and I use it constantly. Its always been my wish to work through …
This band of stitching is a variety of Maltese cross stitch. Maltese cross is very similar Kutch work. Thread: A hand dyed soft Danish cotton which feels and works up in a similar way to coton a broder and is matt with no sheen. It is approximately the same thickness and …
This is three bands of running stitch which have been laced with a thread then the lacing was laced with chenille. Thread: The running stitches were working in a hand dyed perle thread #8. The first run of lacing is a hand dyed mercerised cotton (crochet thread), and the last is a hand …
This band of stitching is made up of blocks of straight stitch worked in a different threads. Thread: A hand dyed mercerised cotton, wool which is about the same weight as Appletons, a soft Danish cotton which feels and works up in a similar way to coton a broder and is matt with no …
This band was made by working threaded running stitch in different threads. Thread: The foundation rows of running stitch were worked in hand dyed cotton threads that had the same thickness as perle #8 thread. I then threaded the rows with different threads. Working from the top down: 3 lines of A …
