Stitches:
This lace is embellished with a line of detached chain stitches arranged as half daisies.
Thread:
A hand dyed perle thread #8.
Placement on block:
On block 15 this seam runs along the edge of piece 3
Lace:
The lace is vintage and was a gift from a friend
Dyes:
Procion cold water dyes for the thread
Beads:
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 I dropped the button box. All articles are categorised in the projects under Crazy Quilt details which enables readers to browse back through the series.
Free Crazy quilt block patterns
In the process of documenting the seam decorations on this quilt, as I get to each block I am diagramming it out for readers as a free crazy quilt pattern. Links to these free pattern pages are listed on the CQ details FAQ page.
For a stitch guide to hand embroidery stitches, instructions can be found in my stitch dictionary
Copyright
I have released the block patterns and stitch ideas for non commercial use but I retain all copyright. Please attribute the work to me, and link back to this blog. You may not take whole articles from this series and republish online. Link please do not republish.
