Crazy quilt seam decoration: This area on block 37 is a cotton fabric covered with some hand dyed nylon lace. It has been embellished with straight stitches, detached chain stitches and beads Thread: stranded cotton floss and silk What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and …
This is band 299 on the For Love of stitching band sampler and it declares my age in 2008 when it was stitched on my birthday. For some quirky reason I decided to add it. Threads Perle #8 cotton Fabric: 26 cnt linen Size: The For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is …
Time to introduce another strong coloured block ad Block 37 is in rich jewel tones. If you click on the image above you will see a larger version I hope you will enjoy the focus on each detail over the next few weeks. When I started this I never quite …
The is pattern created by working a combination of buttonhole, straight stitches and French knots Threads Perle #5 cotton, wool and stranded cotton floss . Fabric: 26 cnt linen Size: The For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide. It consists of different strips of fabric which are are …
Crazy quilt seam detail: This is the last detail on block 36 as you can see it is cluster of buttons. They are all modern buttons and sit mainly on piece 2 What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments …
Over on Stitchin Fingers we have a tutorial for a new variety of silk ribbon rose. On the Stitchin Fingers site, if you look along the tabs you will see a new tutorial tab and the first tutorial on the site is a Silk ribbon embroidery tutorial on how to work “Lucy’s Rose” …
The is pattern created by working a combination of buttonhole and straight stitches and long vintage bugle beads Threads Perle #5 cotton, a matt Danish cotton hand dyed by me. Fabric: 26 cnt linen Size: The For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide. It consists of different …
