MAGPIE'S MUMBLINGS

A blog about my interests, which include fabric landscapes and various and assorted other artsy pursuits and sometimes known to contain mumblings of a random nature.

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

TUSAL and stitching

I'm a couple of days late with my TUSAL post for this month (what else is new!!).  The really eagle-eyed amongst you might have noticed that I didn't do one last month at all.  Well - that was because there wasn't even one little ORT in my monthly pile.  Yikes....a whole month without stitching...what's this world coming to?  To be fair though, I was away for two of those weeks.

Here's what I accumulated last month...



Below is one of the seams I stitched this afternoon. 
It's two rows of 'Eskimo Edging Stitch'
and I found the instructions in the book
'Embroidery Stitches' by Mary Webb.

The seam below is pretty simple - a double row of buttonhole
stitch, which I laced with another colour of thread and 
then added french knots.
The button is pretty self-explanatory!

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  1. Beedeebabee7:58 PM

    Hi Deb! I'm loving your crazy quilting. Such pretty stitching!...People think up such cool things, don't they? I'd never think of making fabric out of snippets of thread. That's so clever! I hope you're able to find lots of time this month for your lovely stitching! xo

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  2. Cyra3:35 AM

    Love your Eskimo stitch seam. I dont think I've come across that one before.
    I use my orts for embellising in a similar way shown in your link, I use vliesofix instead of the water soluble stuff.

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  3. Beedeebabee6:52 AM

    I'm loving your crazy quilting!! Such pretty stitching!...People think up such cool things, don't they? I'd never think of making fabric out of snippets of thread. That's so clever! I hope you're able to find lots of time this month for your lovely stitching! xo

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