A small daisy like motif is featured today. It is worked in a hand dyed silk thread which is the same weight as DMC pearl 8. The daisies are worked in Bullion stitches of about 8 wraps. Then each stitch is surrounded with a detached chain. The stems are worked …
I came across this snippet of textile history. The story of how chenille was invented by Catherine Evans Whitener is covered in a brief article Chenille: American Women’s Ingenuity by Christina Lynn Whited In 1895, when she was 15, she decided to sew a household gift for her brother, who …
This is actually a piece of cheap nylon lace which just sat right on the block so I used it. I did feel however it needed a little more personality so along one side of the lace I worked a row of quarter buttonhole wheels in a thread that is …
This detail was started with a row of Herringbone worked in DMC pearl 5. It was then laced with a fine metallic cord like thread. Silk ribbon rose buds worked in single twisted Chain stitch and are spaced between beads. It is quite simple but is very effective. Murial has …
Regular readers will know that each month I have been making a postcard in fabric for the 6 x 4 lives challenge. Yesterday I loaded this image on to flickr so I just made the daedline. This fabric postcard is an experimental piece of hand embroidery. It commenced life being …
This detail shows 3 different seam embellishments. The first that runs diagonally across the left of the image is simply consists of straight stitch that has been arranges in two clusters. A largish green bead was stiched in the middle and the radiating straight stiches were topped off with a …
To start the week I have another extremely simple embellishment for braids. It consists of a favourite of mine which is made up of a single detached chain stitches worked in DMC pearl 5 and two straight stitches. A seed bead is at the base of these but you can …
