The International Freeform Guild has a web gallery up of the 2009 show. Four Seasons includes 52 freeform crochet artists. Countries from all around the globe are represented. This year artists were not restricted to creating a scrumble they were just asked to create a freeform crochet piece that …
This area of stitching I was experimenting with pattern. Starting and the top of the band and working towards the middle, the pulled stitches are an upright cross – it is just the same as a cross stitch only turned 45 degrees to an upright position and worked in …
Stitches: This lace is edged with a combination of straight stitch and up and down buttonhole stitch. Thread: The up and down buttonhole is worked in rayon ribbon floss and the apricot straight stitch is stranded cotton floss. The metallic thread is a DMC metallic thread that is gold with a black twist of …
This row of stitching band is a blackwork pattern worked in back stitch because I wanted to use a variegated thread. The photos is a bit pinkish as in life the lighter parts of the thread is stronger and does show up better. Thread: A hand dyed cotton which is approximately the same …
Stitches: This is a tiny seam embellished with Cretan stitch then further decorated with detached chain stitch and French knots. It is about an inch or two long so easily missed when looking at the block. Thread: A hand dyed mercerised cotton (crochet thread) and stranded cotton floss. Placement and Foundation Fabric: This seam …
Over the next couple of weeks I will talk about each area of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler which was worked in April 1998 on 26 count linen. It is 6 inches wide In section 5 I took a different turn with my sampler experiments as I decided to work …
Online Photo! Editor is a free photo manipulation, enhancement and editor. It is a very basic manipulation tool but often that is all you want or need. Often textile artists take photos to act as jump off point to a design. What they need is a way to trace basic …
