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, …
Stitches This band of stitching is made up of two rows of chevron stitch Thread A hand dyed cotton perle #8 thread Fabric: Linda, 27cnt evenweave fabric produced by Zweigart Dyes: Procion dyes for the thread Date: This section of the sampler was worked in November 2007. Size: …
The Metmuseum has produced a series of YouTube videos in a series of lectures under the title of “Sunday at the Met” Cochineal produces a red crimson dye. Elena Phipp, Textile historian takes us through its history via the textile collection at the Metropolitan Museum. The story starting off with …
