This area is to be found on Section 33 of the For Love of Stitching band sampler. I was experimenting with varieties of chain stitch. Stitches Used: Chain stitch, Oyster chin, crested chain, long tailed chain, twisted chain, barred chain. Threads: Hand dyed silk thread, wool, cotton a broder,cotton perle …
This area is to be found on Section 33 of the For Love of Stitching band sampler. It is another of those ‘journal’ break outs on the sampler as it records a trip I took to Christchurch, NewZealand while worrying about bad financial news. Stitches Used: Back stitch Threads: Hand …
This area is to be found on Section 33 of the For Love of Stitching band sampler. Stitches Used: I was experimenting with varieties of cable chain stitch. This is a threaded version Threads: Hand dyed cotton and a knitting yarn that has a blended metalic thread. Fabric: Hand dyed …
This area is to be found on Section 33 of the For Love of Stitching band sampler. Stitches Used: I was experimenting with long tail chain stitch, diamond algerian eye stitches and back stitch. I also marked that the games were on. Threads: Hand dyed cotton perle Fabric: Hand dyed …
This area on Section 32 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is an example of what I call the journal aspect of this sampler when I saw the news of Cyclone Nargis I recorded it in stitch. Threads: cotton perle #8 Fabric: 26 cnt linen Date: This section of the sampler …
As you can see this band on Section 32 of the For Love of Stitching Band Sampler celebrated and marked the 50th anniversary of the Peace symbol. I am a child of my times and when stitching I heard about the anniversary on the radio and added it tot he band sampler. The …
These two bands on section 27 of the For the Love of Stitching band sampler are both zig zag chain one worked in perle #5 the other worked in perle #8 (the top row) which was hand dyed by me. Fabric: 27cnt quaker cloth Date: This section of the sampler was completed in January 2008. …
