This little button cluster decoration and mouse charm is found on block 53 of the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt. It is the last detail I need to record before moving on to block 54. What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand …
This year I hope to have the odd entry where I share some of the processes I use. Most of them I think of as simple little techniques or approaches to a problem. They are methods I have developed over the years and I hope that readers find them useful. I …
Fly stitch is a simple stitch that you can use for many things, such as in the sample above. In this piece of contemporary embroidery, I worked fly stitch in stranded cotton floss, perle #8 cotton, perle #12 cotton over layers of chiffon and net to produce a watery effect. …
This area is part of section 36 on of the For Love of Stitching band sampler. This band is made up of straight stitches worked line upon line as you would with Bargello embroidery. Thread: Hand dyed perle#8 and perle#5 cotton and hand dyed silk Fabric: Hand dyed 18 cnt Aida. …
This decoration is found on block 53 of the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt. It is a vine of cast on stitch flowers worked in perle #8 which was hand dyed. Each has a French knot in the middle. The vine is stem stitch and leaves are detached chain. …
This week I have two free small hand embroidery patterns for my readers. The first, this hand embroidery pattern is a flourish that can be a date panel on a needlework sampler. As regular reader know I work an ongoing project which is a band sampler that is over …
This area is part of section 36 on of the For Love of Stitching band sampler. I was experimenting with patterns of simple stitches on different hand dyed needlework fabrics. Here is a pattern of Half Algerian eye stitch and straight stitches. Thread: Hand dyed perle#8 and perle#5 cotton Fabric: Hand …
