Band 322 brings us to the next section of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler so it is time to introduce part 25. However as you can see this photo is section 24 which I worked in 2007. It is the band sampler section I have just finished documenting here …
A little self indulgence this morning as Jerry took some great photos of the trees turning colour. I of course had to play with them. Here are some colours ‘found’ in this photograph Our driveway at the moment I love Autumn in Canberra
Stitches: This seam is covered with metallic ric-rac that has been secured to the block with straight stitches. Thread: Perle cotton and the redish thread is hand dyed silk What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and decorations on my crazy …
Stitches This is a spray of silk ribbon embroidery flowers that sits at the base of this section of the sampler which you can see here. Thread Silk ribbon Fabric: Dress linen Size: The sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide and all sections are stitched together in one long …
Stitches: This seam is embellished with a line of half chevron stitch that is then laced with a chenille thread. On a second run I added detached chain stitches and straight stitches along the top of each spike before adding a line of seed beads. Thread: Cotton and the deatched …
Note Unfortunately Stitchin Fingers no longer exists as the site closed late 2016 so I have removed the links in this post As many people are already aware, over the weekend (in Australia) the news broke that NING were no longer going to host free networks. The story is covered …
Stitches This motif is made up of detached chain stitches, and chevron stitch. Seed beads are used in the middle of half daisy flower. Thread A hand dyed perle 8 cotton Fabric: Dress linen Dyes: Procion dyes used on the thread Size: The sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide and all sections …
