This crazy quilt seam embellishment is part of block 70 of the I dropped the button box Quilt. Since this seam is covered with antique lace I did not want to it dominate too much with a heavy handed approach to embroidery as the lace is lovely enough to sit …
This crazy quilt seam embellishment is part of block 70 of the I dropped the button box Quilt. The seam is covered with antique lace and secured with seed beads. Detached chain stitch in groups of 3 secure the edge of the lace. What is the story? This regular series …
This crazy quilt seam embellishment is part of block 70 of the I dropped the button box Quilt. The roses are made of silk ribbon using a stitch called woven spoke stitch . The rose buds are twisted chain stitch base of the buds are worked in bullion knots and and …
Today I will introduce crazy quilt Block 70 which since it has a dusk pink colour scheme many people respond to. Click on the image to see a larger view and if you want to see the set of this quilt there is a photograph of the full quilt on …
This seam is on block 69 of the I dropped the button box Quilt. I covered it with a piece of hand dyed lace and cluster of buttons. As I said when I introduced block 69 , in this cluster of buttons there is an unusual vintage souvenir made from a …
This seam is on block 69 of the I dropped the button box Quilt. I created it by working feather stitch using ray ribbon floss which had been hand dyed. The tones are a soft warm apricot with sat with the colours in the fabrics on the crazy quilt block. I then added …
This seam is to be found on block 69 of the I dropped the button box Quilt. I worked a line of double herringbone. The first line of herringbone is worked in a thicker wool thread. To set up a contrast I worked the the second line of herringbone in …
