Once again the 6 x 4 lives challenge due date is starting to register on my consciousness. So I commenced this months card which is more a design exercise than anything else. The background is hand dyed and painted linen and I have stitched on some hand dyed flannelette cotton …
For Day 95 in this series I have two seams to feature. Both seams are made up of of arrangements of Detached Chain Stitches and straight stitch. The first sample is a line of chain stitches worked along the base of a piece of hand dyed lace. I used a hand …
Willard Wigan is a micro sculptor. As a micro-miniaturist Willard creates works that fit into the eye of a needle, can sit on the head of a pin, or a grain of sand. Willard’s sculptures are measured in thousandths of an inch and truely something to marvel at. Found with …
The detail for day 94, features a row of Herringbone Stitch that has small straight stitches added where the threads cross, top and bottom. This turns Herringbone stitch into stitch called Tied Herringbone! I worked the foundation row of herringbone in DMC cotton perle #5 thread. Next I used small …
Many gardeners some sort of record of what gets planted when. Have you ever thought of creating a more unique item as a keepsake? Have you thought to keep a botanical scrap book or journal of your garden? Or perhaps designing a sampler that illustrated the plants in your garden? …
Curiouslycrafty has published an illustrated step by step tutorial on making your own hat. When I saw this I immediately thought of embellishing it with buttons or going further and covering it buttons! Link found with thanks via Whip up.
The detail for Day 93 features a cluster of buttons and a seam embellishment! So in a way it is two details. Diagonally below the button cluster is a line of Alternating Barred Chain stitch in DMC cotton perle #3. The thread is quite thick for this but works as …
