Playing around
I have a pile of threadcrumbs from Jude Hill’s shop and a pile of three inch squares. Just for fun I laid them out on top of the William Morris squares. I love the...
Tagged: Joining stitch sampler
Joining stitches 11 – 14
The joins are complete for now. 21 squares, seven strips of three. This has been a really worthwhile project. The sampler concept helped me overcome my anxiety about starting a new unknown stitch. I...
Joining stitches 7 – 10
Time to catch up on the joining sampler, having suddenly sped up this project. The end is in sight. If I don’t join more panels than 21 in groups of 3, I have four...
Joining Stitch 6
Back to my joining sampler after some disruption. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic? I’m not sure. Maybe due to a dyeing workshop and its aftermath. Or due to finishing my panel for the 25...
Joining Stitch 5
I like this randa stitch a lot. But I’m thinking it is very similar, if not the same, as Sushma’s 355 stitch. I really enjoyed doing the 355 stitch with the wrapping of the...
Joining stitch sampler 3 and 4
This stitch was very simple, only three passes of the needle. Important to be consistent! The simplest stitches require the most care. My tutorial is here: Step-by-step Palestrina Stitch This randa stitch is similar...
Joining stitch sampler
They have a lot of names including joining stitches, randa embroidery, fagoting, insertion stitches, bridging stitches. I’m in the process of making a fabric concertina, “Adrastea,” and realized I needed to try out some...