I don’t have any stitching news or progress to share as I have been a busy with my class, but I hope to have something next week and as You can see I am getting back into my daily blogging schedule again. Next week more news on the hussif as I …
Crazy quilt Block 75 is a neutral colour scheme that fits the set of the I dropped the button box quilt. It is part of the light the diagonal line of blocks that runs across the quilt. If you click on the image of the quilt you will see a larger photograph …
Feathered Chain Stitch is made up of long-tailed chain stitch worked in a zig-zag manner. Long-tail chain is simply a chain stitch with a long tie stitch. If you are a beginner, you need to be able to work chain stitch before doing this variety. Work each long tail chain …
A couple of weeks ago I was kindly sent some of the Colourstreams products and agreed to write a review. Once I opened the packet I realised that I wanted to use their goodies in a project not just sample their threads and move on to other stitching tasks. I …
Yay doing a happy dance as holding off on working the hussif means I have completed block 42 and with that folks … drum roll …. I have all the blocks I need for a quilt! Oh those words looks so insignificant on the screen but they mean a lot and …
Twisted Chain stitch and Rope stitch are two very similar stitches. In fact, Rope stitch (as seen in the stems of the floral motif above) is simply twisted chain stitch worked closely together in a compact manner along the line. This is an example of Twisted Chain that I worked …
The photo above is a detail on section 49 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler. I have turned the photo on its side as this band runs vertically down the sampler and sits to the left just below the tiger. Stitches Used: With the exception of the cross stitch …
