Stitches: This seam is treated with an old favourite, feather stitch which has been topped off with a gold bead. Thread: Rayon ribbon floss. Placement: This seam is between Piece 4 and Pieces 2 and 3 What is the back story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and …
Stitches: This band illustrates experiments with zig zag coral stitch, Thread: A hand dyed mercerised cotton, which is about the same weight as perle 8 thread Fabric: This section of the sampler is worked on tea towel linen which is not quite an even weave. Dyes: Procion cold water dyes …
Stitches: Straight stitch and French knot Threads: The french knot was worked in a hand dyed thread (by me) that is the same weight and thickness as perle 5. the black straight stitches were worked in black coton a broder. Placement: This seam is between Piece 5 and Pieces 1, 2 and 4 Type …
Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont (1846-1890) has been published online as a web site. Usually online books are delivered as PDF files which are easy to download but still a bit unwieldy and costly to print out. It is really handy to have version as a website, as you can …
Stitches: This band illustrates a couching experiments with buttonhole stitch. Buttonhole is holding a ribbon in place. Thread: A hand dyed mercerised cotton, which is about the same weight as perle thread 8 Fabric: This section of the sampler is worked on tea towel linen which is not quite an even weave. …
The first block sits in the top left hand corner of the crazy quilt has a dominant tone of grey. For this reason it is possibly one of the least attractive blocks in the quilt. A you can see there are 6 areas, each of a different fabric. This crazy …
In this post I hope to tell your a little of the history of the “I dropped the button box” crazy quilt and provide a grid reference for each block which I will refer to in future posts and a picture of the quilt itself. The “I dropped the button …
