Mary Corbet from Needle n’ Thread is giving away a Trish Burr CD which features seven embroidery projects. Someone will be a very happy winner because Trish Burrs’s stuff verges on the edge of stitchers porn. If you have not seen Trish Burr’s embroidery do visit her site. The gallery …
The Detail: This spider charm sits on a web worked in a metallic thread. Within the traditions of crazy quilting a spider in her web is a good luck symbol, so I always make sure that somewhere on on a quilt is a spider. Placement on block: On block 19 this spider …
I stumbled across this tutorial on How to Make a Maze book written by Jaine Drake of Making Mini Scrap books. If you look at the way the book is constructed the pages have little pockets in them. I thought they would be great to hold ATCs! Just a thought …
Band description: Once again sorry about the photograph being on a slight tilt! The stitching is of course straight on the sampler. This band is another variation on basic buttonhole stitch. Fabric and Thread: The sample is worked on Aida fabric using a hand dyed cotton thread which is about the same …
The Detail: This is seam is embellished with Chevron stitch worked in rayon ribbon floss. Next using a rayon thread I added 3 detached chain stitches fanned out in a half daisy shape. Then I added a bead at the base of each half daisy. Placement on block: On block 19 this seam runs …
Karma Kraft is a new (to me) print your fabric on demand service which is ideal for quilters and new designers who want to explore designing and printing their own fabric. There is a full explanation of how custom printing works on the site but basically you sign up, upload …
Band description: This band is another variation on basic buttonhole stitch. Sorry about the slight tilt! The stitching is of course straight on the sampler. Fabric and Thread: The sample is worked on Aida fabric. The thread is a hand dyed mercerised cotton thread which is about the same weight and thickness …
