Detail: This button cluster that sits on block 30 of the I dropped the Button Box quilt. They are very plain but sit well on 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 …
Using gesso as a page base will add texture and strength to your page. If you add strength it means you can have more fun adding stuff! By stuff I mean items like fabric, lace, textured papers and threads. These photos are of pieces where textiles of one sort or …
Stitches This band of stitching is made up of an arrangement of straight stitches and detached chain stitch. Thread This band is worked in a cotton thread that is same thickness as perle #8 thread. The thread was hand dyed by me. Fabric: Linda, 27cnt evenweave fabric produced by Zweigart …
Detail: This seam was first covered with a line of herringbone stitch that was then laced with silk ribbon. I then worked a second row of stitches which is a type of detached chains stitch. The V formation is made by lacing a thread through the tie of detached stitch when …
Gosh it feels strange to be writing about this part of the Sampler at the moment. I mentioned when I introduced section 26, that just as I was completing the sampler Labour won the election, I stitched it on the panel to mark the date. We had a then, new …
Detail: This area of the block was first layered with a hand dyed lace and the scallop edge of the lace runs along the edge of the seam. I first worked a row of cast on stitch loops in a hand dyed soft cotton (a bit like flower thread) and …
Band 352 was the end of the crazy quilted section of the sampler and we return to a more regular format with section 26. Section 26 was finished in November 2007 just as Labour won the election. I stitched the last comment as I watched the broadcast of the count …
