Stitches: This seam is first embellished with a striped yellow ribbon. I have added embroidery to each side of the ribbon. On the top side I have worked a row of laced herringbone stitch. The bottom row is a pattern of detached chain stitch and straight stitches. In the middle of …
Dorie Millerson works in needlelace creating figures and objects that explore what it is to be human. Her artist statement says her work is concerned with the themes of attachment and memory but I felt it was also about human fragility. Pop over and take a look at I am …
This band of stitching is created by working a line of herringbone stitch and then at the base and the top of each section I filled the gap with needleweaving. I have never seen this stitch in a book as I made it up but I am sure other people have …
Stitches: Stitches in this seam are a line of chain stitch which have been decorated with detached chain stitches and straight stitches Thread: Perle thread #5, and #8. Placement on block: On block 14 this seam sits between piece 4 and piece 1 What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate …
This row of stitching always intrigues people. It is created by working a band of herringbone stitch, then on the return row using the cross bars of the herrringbone as a foundation for buttonhole bar stitch. I have never seen it documented as I made it up but I am sure …
It is time to introduce block 14, of the I dropped the button box quilt. I must admit to enjoying the process of documenting this quilt. As I write, I remember just how much I enjoyed stitching it. I think it was the ‘all pieces different’ aspect that was a …
This band of stitching is created by a line of herringbone stitch which is then tied with what I call a loop stitch. I made it up but I am sure someone else before me has done the same thing and it is documented. Thread: Perle thread #5 Fabric: This section of …
