A bit of favourites tidy up led me to this interesting website. This collection of Embroidery from Boston is exhibited at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). There are a few band samplers in the collection so if you have been following the regular series about my band sampler …
Stitches This detail on sampler section 25, is a prairie point made of wide ribbon which has been decorated with straight stitches and seed beads. Date: This section of the sampler was worked during 2007. Size: The For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide. It consists of different strips of …
Sorbello stitch is an evenweave hand embroidery stitch that originated in the village of Sorbello in Italy and most people encounter it in traditional embroidery. It looks like a cross stitch with a knot in the middle – a textured cross stitch. This stitch is usually worked on a grid which means you …
This cluster of buttons is the last detail on block 27 It falls across the bottom left hand corner of the block. What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and decorations on my crazy quilt I dropped the button box. All articles are categorised in …
Stitches This seam on section 25 is a pattern created from detached chain and straight stitches and laced with rayon ribbon floss. The stitches are worked in hand dyed cotton and a metallic gold thread topped with seed beads. Date: This section of the sampler was worked during 2007. Size: …
Detail: This seam was first covered with ribbon that was couched down with herringbone stitch. I them laced it with another thread. A line of straight stitches, detached chain and cast-on stitch flowers run along the edge of the ribbon. These flowers have a bead stitched in the middle of …
Stitches This detail of the sampler on section 25 is a band of vintage lace. Along the edge I have worked a version of buttonhole stitch in a metallic DMC thread that is gold with a black twist of thread spun with it. It comes on a reel and named “antique gold”. It …
