Old fancy hem stitches

TAST stitch 67 is fancy hem stitch. It’s a great stitch and I like to share a few old samples to inspire you. The first one is my TAST 2010 sampler. You can read the details in my original posts here and here.

This is a work in progress photo of my last TAST 2010 sampler with a repeat of all stitches. The threads are yellow perle 8 and DMC fil or clair.

A seam on my ornament Beezzz. I attached the lace with fancy hem stitches, the threads are perle 5 and a metallic thread.

Here I attached a piece of lace on my pink ornament. The thread is perle 5 and Sulky metallic. Later I added some French knots between the stitches.

My last detail is part of block one for Karen’s class Embroider, Embellish, Create. It was the perfect stitch to secure my rouleau loops. The thread is cotton a broder.

Birthday card for Janny

I used the fabric scraps from my quilt Pot vol blomme, because Janny gave my quilt it’s name. I combined machine and hand embroidery.

Chicken scratch needlebook

My father started to learn embroidery on paper, so I made a needlebook for his birthday. The size is 5 x 5 cm or 2 x 2 inch. The chicken scratch on the front is stitched with DMC 80. The edge is a Palestrina stitch with perle 8.

 Mary Corbet wrote a tutorial about using the Palestrina stitch on an edge here.

Old buttonhole bars

TAST stitch 65 is buttonhole bar. There's no time to stitch , but I do have some old buttonhole bar samples to share. 

This is a detail on Nefertiti with 2 buttonhole bars, a cast on stitch and lots of French knots above the pulled thread.

My second sample is a detail on my embroidery Touch. I used the buttonhole bars to attach a wooden donut bead.

A raised buttonhole bar on my first pebble. I explained how I stitched this here.

Three buttonhole bars on my second pebble, which is still a work in progress. 
I twisted the thread around the foundation stitches after each 8-12 stitches.

Work In Progress

Maybe you already noticed I don’t blog often these days. We are working very hard to turn 2 smaller rooms into one big room. So there’s not a lot of time to be creative with needle and thread. I hope to return to regular blogging in a few weeks.

Work In Progress Wednesday - May 1

Lots of progress this week, I added the last 3 bindings by hand. The next step is stitching the mitered corners.

More info about Work In Progress Wednesday at Pin Tangle.

CQ RR 2013 - bare block

Last week I made my first 12 x 12 inch block for the round robin at Fibre Fever. Three ladies are going to add their stitches and then it will return home again.