Detail: This seam is embellshed with an up and down feather stitch variation, as one of the spines is a bullion knot. Tucked between the spines are detached chain stitches, topped with a seed bead. Thread: Perle #5 cotton hand dyed by me What is the story? This regularly published …
Kenneth King has written a tutorial for Threads magazine on how to make a Braided Belt. It’s an old idea with a modern feel. As I mentioned a week or so ago, this time of year I start poking about looking for gift ideas. They get bookmarked until a later …
Stitches Running stitches have been laced with a metallic thread and detached chain motifs have been worked in the spaces created by the pattern. Thread The straight stitches are worked in cotton the detached chain are hand dyed wool, and the straight stitches between them are worked in a hand …
Detail: This is some embellished ric-rac. I held it down with zig-zag chain, then added some pistil stitches along the bottom and along the top is a line of flowers made of detached chain stitches, with a seed bead at the center and a straight stitch for the stems. Thread: …
Stitches This pattern is made up of straight stitches, back stitch and detached chain stitch Thread The straight stitches are worked in hand dyed wool, and the green stitches are worked in perle 8 Fabric: Linda, 27cnt evenweave fabric produced by Zweigart Size: The sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) …
The latest issue of Bonefolder, Volume 6, No. 2, Spring 2010 is out. This weekend I finally had time to catch up and read it. This free ezine gets better and better. If you have not read Bonefolder before it is very much about the fine craft of book binding …
Detail: This is small red squirrel I designed because when we were in England, Eve my daughter loved feeding them in the park and she suggested a squirrel. He is only tiny about an inch and half tall. I worked a drawing from a photograph. Thread: Worked in a single …
