As you can see this band on Section 32 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler celebrated and marked the 50th anniversary of the Peace symbol. I am a child of my times and when stitching I heard about the anniversary on the radio and added it tot he band sampler. The …
Seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This seam is on block 42 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt. I covered it with a piece of Braid and added some vintage buttons. What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments …
This area on Section 32 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is part of the border. It is made up of back stitch and sequins secured with seed beads. Threads: cotton perle #8 Fabric: 26 cnt linen Date: This section of the sampler was worked during April and May of 2008. …
Hand embroidered seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This seam is on block 42 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt. I covered it with a piece of braid and added detached chain stitches in quarter daisy formation and then added a seed bead at the base. Thread: Perle …
As regular readers will know, I sometime re-publish cleaned up out of copyright patterns from the 1907 Herrschner Catalogue which can be found in the Antique pattern Library. This time around I found a mistake in the catalogue Take a look at this design on page 102. I have not cleaned …
This area on Section 32 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is part of the border. It is made up of back stitch and some red plastic novelty beads. Threads: cotton perle #8 Fabric: 26 cnt linen Date: This section of the sampler was worked during April and May of 2008. …
Hand embroidered seam decoration on crazy quilt block: This seam is on block 42 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt. I covered it with a piece of hand dyed lace, added some straight stitches in fan formations along the top and then decorated both lace and stitching with …
