Stitches: This seam is hidden behind a cluster of buttons which means when you look at the quilt you have to be very observant to notice it. It is a line of Cretan stitch embellished with seed beads. Thread: DMC perle thread #5 Placement and Foundation Fabric: This seam is …
This row of stitching is a band is a line of knotted Cable chain stitch Thread: A hand dyed cotton (crochet thread), which is about the same thickness and weight as perle #5 Fabric: The piece is worked on a scrap of furnishing fabric that I discovered in a swatch book from a soft furnishing …
Stitches: This seam is embroidered with a composite stitch. It is made up of a line a line of herringbone stitch, which has been laced and then the seam was further decorated with straight stitch and seed beads. Thread: DMC perle thread #5 and the lacing was done with rayon ribbon floss. Placement …
Go and check out this great crazy quilt on the Marie Osmond’s quilting challenge 2008 /2009 . This crazy quilt is by Dean Deerfield and called A Little Bit Country. When on the quilting challenge page if you click on the title you can see a really good image of it and …
This row of stitching is two bands of hemstitch which is on page 130 of The Embroidery Stitch Bible by Betty Barnden. It is listed as spoke stitch in this book but I feel sure that most people who do drawn thread embroidery know it as Hem stitch. The bottom row …
Stitches: The top edge of this braid is decorated with a combination of detached chain stitch and straight stitch. Thread: DMC perle thread #8. Placement and Foundation Fabric: This seam is between piece 5 which buts up against pieces, 1,2 and 6 on the diagram I used when I introduced block …
I have come to another join in the For Love of Stitching band sampler. It feels like I was documenting the last band for ever and day. I hope it was not too boring. As I explained when I introduced the last piece most of the stitches worked in the …
