This is a detail from section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler. As readers will remember this part of the sampler is a patchwork of fabrics that I pieced together in band. Stitches Used This detail is simple pattern darning using a variety of threads. I used cotton perle and silk …
Today I have a detail from section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler Stitches Used This detail is is simply cretan stitch worked row upon row in a hand dyed silk thread. The fabric Aida which has been hand dyed too. In between the rows I stitched bugle beads Detail …
Today I have a detail from section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler Stitches Used This detail is worked in perle #5 cotton and silk thread. It is a row of Stepped thread running stitch which has been laced with hand dyed silk thread. Either side of that is a …
Today I have a detail from section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler Stitches Used This is a section of pattern darning which is just a form of running stitch arranged in patterns. I used hand dyed rayon thread on hand dyed linen. I enjoyed regularity of it yet seeing the …
Today I have a detail from section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler Stitches Used In this area using a rayon thread, I laid down a pattern of lines in running stitch. I then laced thickish metallic braid through. This created a secondary pattern of spaces which I added bugle beads to. …
The detail below is an area on section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler. Fabric: The fabric started life as a placemat. I discovered it in a secondhand charity shop stained and unloved. Since it was linen I first tried to dye it but in the end cut away …
I have two details to share with you today. Both are from section 50 on my Love of Stitching Band Sampler. Stitches Used The first detail is possibly one of the best beginner stitches of the pulled thread group as Wave stitch is quick easy to count and worked in lines across the fabric. The …
