This stitch is called Inverted feather stitch but it is very unlike a feather stitch. I found this stitch in an old-fashioned stitch book by Anne Butler called Embroidery Stitches. You can build up this stitch, line upon line to create pattern fills. It is also good to couch down …
It was Australia Day on the 26th but it is a public holiday today so happy holiday to all my Aussie readers. Poking around Youtube I have discovered a couple of video tutorials I think readers might enjoy. In this first video from LittleCanvas demonstrates how to make an art journal …
This is an embellished seam on block 63 of the I dropped the Button Box Quilt. The seam is first covered with a braid then along the edge of the seam I worked little flower motifs made up of straight stitches, cast on stitches and detached chain stitches. I used a …
This area is found on part 42 of The for Love of Stitching Band Sampler. Stitches Used: It is a version of wave stitch which is worked on a foundation of blocks of satin stitch then threaded with tubular knitting yarn. It was an experiment which was fun to do. …
I am having a tidy up of PDF files I have down loaded at various times and printing them out as I have found that leaving them on the computer means they get forgotten if I am not careful. So expect a few more pointers to gems like this over …
It is time to return to telling the story of what I did on each block in my I dropped the Button Box Quilt. This is an embellished area on block 63 I trimmed a piece of hand dyed lace which I dyed using procion dyes. If you look carefully you will …
I am gradually getting back onto the swing of stitching. One of my goals this year is to finish what I call my lace quilt. Just to remind folks The blocks in the lace quilt are 7 inch blocks and there are 49 to do so I am slowly working …
