Crazy Quilt Block 80 on the I Dropped the Button Box Quilt is very red! But as you can see if you look at the quilt this block is part of a diagonal line of blocks that all have tones of red and black in them. (If you click on the …
Today I have a detail from section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler Click on the thumbnail for an article about this section of the embroidery. Stitches Used This is a sample of chained cross stitch. It was stitch number 79 of the TAST stitches. I worked it on hand painted …
I have had another of my busy weeks but I have started to embroider the last part of my hussif . It is the cover of a needle case. Here it is on the hoop. What have you done this week towards your stitching goals? Leave a comment and let …
I was shown how to work Kiko Flower by a lady from Japan. Her English was not good but she called it flower stitch because worked in a ring it can form a flower. True to skills handed on in the oral tradition I call it Kiko’s flower stitch because …
I would like to share news about a free publication at the Antique Pattern Library Anand’s Embroidery Book is a 36 page pattern book that is available as a free PDF download. Here are some sample pages so you can see what you are getting. Do you use the Antique Pattern …
Beaded Lock stitch is a variation on double lock stitch. It is a very quick, easy-to-work beaded embroidery stitch, that looks good as a border or worked row-upon-row for a filling stitch. You need to be familiar with lock stitch to work this variety. I worked the samples in a …
Last night, at the Albert Hall in Canberra, the Embroiderers’ Guild ACT annual exhibition was opened by Dr Brendan Nelson Director of the Australian War Memorial and former Defence Minister. This year I was excited as I was invited to exhibit my band sampler. At nearly 100 feet long it ran …
