Stitch: This band illustrates a stitch called Twisted Lattice Band and I used it in my stitch dictionary Thread: A hand dyed cotton thread was used as the foundation row which was laced with a metallic cord like thread produced by Madeira. I found a roll of it at a craft …
Stitch: This band illustrates experiments with Satin stitch and Padded satin stitch. Instructions on how to do these stitches are in my stitch dictionary Thread: A hand dyed baby knitting wool, cotton (crochet thread), hand dyed wool which is about the same weight as Appletons, hand dyed Danish cotton hand …
Stitch: This is a band of double herringbone worked close together in various threads Thread: A hand dyed cotton, wool, ribbon floss, knitting ribbon, silk and fine metallic braid Fabric: This section of the sampler is a dress linen which is not quite an even weave, hand painted with procion …
I recently came across sewing.com. Melanie and Lisa-Anne run this community orientated site is aimed at those who have sewing as their passion. Sewing.com houses tutorials, sewing tips, a dictionary and a forum. Many of their tutorials are good stash busting projects, so if this year you are looking to …
Stitch: This is variety of Interlaced double running stitch. For directions on how to stitch it illustrated in my stitch dictionary Thread: A hand dyed cotton (crochet thread) was used for the foundation running stitches These were laced first with ribbon floss. Beads were added to fill in the spaces and …
Stitch: This is variety of Laced triple running stitch. There are many ways to lace and thread running stitch some of which are listed in my stitch dictionary Thread: A hand dyed cotton (crochet thread) was used for the foundation running stitches These were laced first with a synthetic knitting ribbon …
YlI Corporation has released a booklet titled A Thread of Truth (PDF file) a factual look at sewing thread which answers many sewers questions about thread. The article covers how thread is manufactured including explaining clearly the ‘z’ twist and ‘s’ twist. Topics such as thread finishing, ply, the manufacture …
