How to Hand Embroider Buttonholed Double Chain

Buttonholed Double Chain  is an unusual variety that I found this variation of double chain in The Constance Howard Book of Stitches (p 106). This version of double chain is buttonholed and can feel messy and can feel a little awkward.  Once past the first few stitches it takes on a form, …

Needlework Detail 617 on the For love of Stitching Band Sampler


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This is a detail of an area on section 45 of  The for Love of Stitching Band Sampler. If you click on the sampler image you can see this area of stitching in context. Stitches on this part of the sampler are: On this part of the sampler I was …

Needlework Detail 616 on the For love of Stitching Sampler

This is a detail of an area on section 45 of  The for Love of Stitching Band Sampler. If you click on the sampler image you can see this area of stitching in context. Stitches on this part of the sampler are: On this part of the sampler I was …

Section 45 of For the Love of Stitching Sampler

I stitched this sampler late in 2009 it was done in a couple of weeks. At the time I was experimenting with foundation fabrics and I  patch worked together hand dyed fabrics as the cloth of the sampler. All the fabrics  were hand dyed and painted using procion dyes and …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Band 615


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This area is found on section 44 of The for Love of Stitching Band Sampler. This is the last little area of that section and it is another autobiographical snippet. We went to Christchurch New Zealand to see Eve our daughter perform in a show called Lydian age. As many …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Band 614


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If you are enjoying this series of articles I regularly offer online classes. These are currently on offer. The Artists Studio Journal: A Designers Workhorse will start May 22nd 2013. Sumptuous Surface Embroidery will start on 12th June 2013. Follow the links for further details, requirements list and to book …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Band 613


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This area is found on section 44 of The for Love of Stitching Band Sampler. It is another of those little  journal /autobiographical snips. Every year Canberra had a very big flower show called Floriade and every year I go. Here I welcomed the season by stitching it on my sampler. Stitch: The …