For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 7

Stitch:  This band illustrates experiments with Satin stitch and Padded satin stitch. Instructions on how to do these stitches are in my stitch dictionary Thread: A hand dyed baby knitting wool, cotton (crochet thread), hand dyed wool which is about the same weight as Appletons, hand dyed Danish cotton hand …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 6

Stitch:  This is a band of double herringbone worked close together in various threads Thread: A hand dyed cotton, wool, ribbon floss, knitting ribbon, silk and fine metallic braid Fabric: This section of the sampler is a dress linen which is not quite an even weave, hand painted with procion …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 5

Stitch:  This is variety of Interlaced double running stitch. For directions on how to stitch it illustrated in my stitch dictionary Thread: A hand dyed cotton (crochet thread) was used for the foundation running stitches These were laced first with ribbon floss. Beads were added to fill in the spaces and …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 4

Stitch:  This is variety of Laced triple running stitch. There are many ways to lace and thread running stitch some of which are listed in my stitch dictionary Thread: A hand dyed cotton (crochet thread) was used for the foundation running stitches These were laced first with a synthetic knitting ribbon …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 3

Stitch:  A variety of Laced Triple Running stitch. I started this sampler with a triple running stitch and laced it first with a chenille knitting yarn. The next lacing was done with bunka thread which is a fine cord. I don’t think this band is particularly successful. There are a few ways …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 2

Stitch:  A variety of Laced triple running stitch and laced it with rayon ribbon floss and cotton thread. There are a good few ways to lace and thread running stitch some of which are listed in my stitch dictionary at the time (1996) I was exploring what could be done. Thread: Hand …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 1

Stitch:  A variety of Laced Triple Running stitch. I started this sampler with a triple running stitch and laced it with a chenille knitting yarn. There are a good few ways to lace and thread running stitch some of which are listed in my stitch dictionary at the time (1996) I was …