This week the free design is one of my designs for hand embroidery. I hope you like it. I must admit although it is early in the year I am thinking of this little series as patterns suitable for tree decorations or Christmas cards. I know it is mid year. …
Seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This detail on Block 49 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt some hand dyed vintage lace which I have added beads to. Also if you look carefully at the shell design on the lace I have secured it to the fabric with …
How to stitch the basic Hardanger stitches are illustrated in this video. It includes animated demonstrations of creating Kloster Blocks, Woven Bars, Dove’s Eyes, Buttonhole Corners, and cutting. Thanks goes to Lorelei Halley who shared a link to this tutorial on Basic Hardanger stitches. Lorelei has lots of very useful …
This area is to be found on Section 33 of the For Love of Stitching band sampler. Stitches Used: I was experimenting with long tail chain stitch, diamond algerian eye stitches and back stitch. I also marked that the games were on. Threads: Hand dyed cotton perle Fabric: Hand dyed …
In the 5th century, an upper class Mayan woman was buried with 25 layers of fabric covering the pottery in her tomb. To textile historians, the interesting thing about this burial is that the fabrics have different weave structures. Many were very fine. For instance one fabric in particular had …
We have reached block 49 in this series of articles. I cant quite believe it. There are 100 blocks in the quilt, so I am nearly half way through sharing the documentation of this quilt with readers. Over the next few weeks I will focus on each seam and embellishment …
This area is to be found on Section 33 of the For Love of Stitching band sampler. Stitches Used: I was experimenting with cornered chain stitch Threads: Hand dyed silk thread and cotton Fabric: Aida cotton Date: This section of the sampler was worked mid to late 2008. Size: …
