Gosh Wednesday rolls around quickly since I have re-instituted these progress reports! I have another finished block for my next crazy quilt which I am calling the Lace quilt. This block is not so busy as I like to have some blocks in a quilt that are a little bit quiet. It …
Section 35 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler was worked in early January 2009 as part of the stitch explorer challenge that I ran that year. I worked some traditional chicken scratch embroidery in section 34, and then in section 35, I took some of the chicken scratch stitches and …
Over on Stitchin Fingers I have been building a resource page of free tutorials online. I put the call out to members last week inviting members who have a written a tutorial on their blog or website to leave me their link with a description so I can add it to …
Seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This area is found on crazy quilt block 51 of the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt. I first stitched down a little hand dyed lace butterfly motif then added seed beads. What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document …
This section of sampler was worked in early January 2009 as part of the stitch explorer challenge I ran here on this blog. Section 34 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is small section made up of two bands of Chicken Scratch. Band 512 an 513. I am sharing …
Once again this week the free design is one of my designs for hand embroidery. I hope you like it. It can be a motif used on a biscornu. These are for non commercial use and I ask you to attribute the work to me, with link back to this …
Seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This seam is to be found on crazy quilt block 51 of the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt. I first covered the seam with some vintage lace which I then edged it with feather stitch worked in hand dyed silk thread. I added seed …
