Seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This seam decoration on block 47 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt is a very old favourite of many crazy quilters. It is feather stitch worked in a hand dyed silk thread with a few beads added to each arm of the …
This area is the first on Section 33 of the For Love of Stitching band sampler. Stitches Used: Stem stitch, chain stitch, whipped chain stitch, detached chain stitch, French knots Threads: Hand dyed silk thread the same thickness as cotton perle #8 Fabric: Hand dyed tea towel linen Date: This …
Seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This seam decoration on block 47 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt is made up of a line of tied herringbone stitch worked in rayon ribbon floss. I then stitched beads between the ‘V’ on the herringbone. What is the story? This …
When I was teaching at Maureen Greeson’s An Adventure in Crazy Quilting earlier this year I had with me this crazy quilt One of the ladies who was attending the event pointed out that I had not blogged about this quilt. I was not really holding out on anyone. I had …
Section 33 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is another long section but this time, getting tired of the usual format I tried a little experiment with the foundation fabric as I patch worked it together. The image above is a picture of what it looked like before …
This area on Section 32 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is part of the bottom border of the section. It is made up of back stitch and seed beads. Next time I speak about the sampler I will be introducing section 33. Threads: cotton perle #8 Fabric: 26 cnt linen …
Block 47 like block 46 is part of the bright band of blocks that run diagonally across the I dropped the button box quilt. Over the next few weeks I will focus on each seam and embellishment and I hope readers who are crazy quilters will enjoy the series. Fabric …
