The headline is sort of a tease – here’s last week’s TAST stitch couching: I really struggled with this, because most of the couching I’ve done was with heavy fibers or eyelash yarns – something kind of bulky and I really couldn’t picture that treatment on this block. However, I
This is my TAST (take a stitch Tuesday) stitch for this week, the motif is from Carol Samples book, “Treasury of Crazy Quilt Stitches” and I’m really pleased with it. I used basic cotton thread – variegated for the chains in the circles. I’m open for suggestions on how to
I already did the Week 7 stitch – detached chain – by accident. However, I found this little flower piece of felt and decided to take it further. My inspiration was this book “The Stitches of Creative Embroidery” – I have NO idea where I found it, but it has
I have started this post 3 times and what’s funny is I keep stitching on my seam and having to update it! ha ha! I had the actual stitch done a while ago and kept adding and updating – I meant to post in between and I just didn’t get
I like how this one turned out – the flower idea came from all of my fabulous idea books. I’d love to do some stitching on the bottom, but I think I might embellish the lace part first (you can see it at the bottom of the picture) and see
What a weekend! But I finally feel caught up. I was (because of the afore blogged about kitty project) behind on my TAST projects, but luckily the Cretan happens to be a stitch I love (and probably do too often) and the feather is also one of my favorites! So,
I’m late, but I’m already working on next week’s photo. However, just to catch up, here’s last weeks: I have always wanted to do this stitch – it’s from Dorothy Bond’s book “Crazy Quilt Stitches” – and has caught my eye for years, but I never had the perfect spot
Well the good news is I stitched all weekend – the bad news? I didn’t get around to posting my stitches and projects until today. My first excuse is that I don’t think I really LOVE the fly stitch. I did end up liking my second example and I’ll play
This post has taken me longer than I originally thought it would – making goals and organizing my year has become a yearly goal, but this year I’m looking back and my fiber art really took an interesting turn. I’ve had some time to evaluate and have really loved a