Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn – Smithsonian Video by Sean McGee steps through the process of designing and making a popup book from concept to production. It is possibly one of the most interesting videos I have found on YouTube on a topic that has always interested me. Chuck Fischer …
Stitches This band of stitching consists of straight stitches, cross stitch, fly stitch and bullion knot buds which are made of two bullion knots worked side by side. Thread The straight stitches are worked in wool, the bullion stitches are worked in silk and the cross stitches are worked in …
Detail: The last area of the block sits in the top left hand corner. It is a quarter of a small doily which I stitched down and then further embellished with silk ribbon embroidery and French knots. Thread: Cotton perle #5 for the French knots What is the story? This …
Stitches This band of stitching is stepped threaded running stitch Thread The foundation row of running stitch is cotton and the lacing is done in a wool that has a fine metallic thread twisted through it. Fabric: Linda, 27cnt evenweave fabric produced by Zweigart Date: This section of the sampler …
Detail: The next area of the block I would like to feature is the ribbon which I threaded through some vintage crochet lace and tied in a bow. I secured the bow with a couple of stitches and sprinkled some pearl beads over it. What is the story? This regularly …
Stitches This band of stitching is made up of two lines of curved chain stitch. In the dips of the curve I have worked three detached chain stitches. Each cluster of three stitches had a seed bead stitched at the base. I then added a Farago rose which is worked in …
Detail: This block is very difficult to divide up into individual details so I am tackling areas at a time. The most noticeable thing is a large cluster of vintage buttons but the detail I wanted to point to is two lines of up and down feather stitch one of which, …
