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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...