Mary Corbet of needle ‘n thread.com has published a Jacobean embroidery design . It is complex but ideal for freestyle embroidery as this style comes from the tradition of crewel work.
Day 84 in 100 Crazy Quilt details another seam which I first covered with a thin, hand dyed, piece of lace. On one side I worked a straight stitch in a groups of three in cotton perle #8 and then added a small flower like shape using caston stitch. This …
Day 83 in 100 Crazy Quilt details I am sharing a little design element that adds something different to a crazy quilt block. This detail is from a crazy quilt project includes a vintage button that is tucked into a prairie point. Prairie points are great to include in a …
I thought people might want to see a floral feature I have used on one of my blocks. It is made up of both textured embroidery and silk ribbon embroidery. The Silk ribbon flowers are created using 7 mm Silk ribbon using Japanese Ribbon stitch. I don’t have directions to …
Todays embroidered seam is a simple arrangement of straight stitch. I used DMC pearl 5 thread. Between the block like shapes I have a small novelty bead. Below these shapes is an arrangement of detached chain stitch and straight stitch topped with a seed bead. The other embroidered seam you …
As you can see todays detail features a piece of tatting which has been used to along a seam. At the top of the tatting there are clusters of three detached chain stitches worked in a thread the same weight as DMC 8. A bead has been stitched to base. …
The Craft Yarn Council of America has published guidelines so that uniform yarn, needle and hooks are labelled in a consistent manner. These standards and guidelines aim to encourage the industry to produce user friendly patterns. The site also houses a useful list of Crochet Abbreviations, a list of Knitting …
