For the love of Stitching sampler band 537

This is the last part of section 36 on the For Love of Stitching band sampler.  This area is an experiment in Algerian eye stitches. 

Thread:

The thread is hand dyed silk.

Fabric:

Dyed 18 cnt Aida 

Date:

This section of the sampler was worked early 2009.

Size:

The For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide. It consists of different strips of fabric which are are stitched together to form one long band sampler.

The needlework band sampler is currently 74 ft 8 inches or 896 inches (2275.84 centimetres) or 24.8 yards  (22.75 metres) long and I have more to add. I will stop when I get bored with playing with it! 

Click on the thumbnail image and you will see a larger version.

The back story:

This series documents part by part, a hand embroidered needlework band sampler, which is still growing as I still stitch it.

If you are interested in the how and why this needlework sampler came to be made have a look at the Introductory Post  to the series. Also I answered a few questions about fabric choice and width. 

Also blogging has influenced this sampler. 

Here is a list of previous sections: 

Sections 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5, 6 , 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,  13, 

Sections 15-24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28, 29 , 30 , 31, 32,  33, 34, 35 , and 36

Each section of the sampler is joined to the previous section to form one long strip. In other words, one long band sampler!

If you want to know more about the process you will find information in how I Extended and backed the sampler.

Lace Study Center at the Powerhouse

I am afraid that there is no work in progress today as there has been no stitching done in this house for a week or so. What caused this very rare thing? 

I was in Sydney for a week. One way I spent my time was to take a trip to the Powerhouse museum and visit the lace study center. They have a wonderful collection manned - or I should say womanned by enthusiastic volunteers. Since they  all make lace and have studied lace for many years it is well worth stopping by their rooms when in Sydney.

This video  is an interview with  Robyn Wienholt who talks about historic lace pieces on view.

These are a few photos I took while in the room. 

The collection is housed in these draws and you are allowed to open and peer as much as you like. People are on hand to answer questions and point you towards other interesting pieces of lace, discuss how lace is made and its social role.

You are also allowed to use a no flash camera. Hence the photos.  

I had a really pleasant morning there but if you cant visit the collection in person visit the study center online as there are some great resources free to download. Included is a document that explains the Lace Classification System and another that is Glossary of general lace and lacemaking terms 

Take a Stitch Tuesday week 6

This week the stitch for the Take a Stitch Tuesday challenge is Chevron stitch which you can find directions for in my stitch dictionary.

Once again the challenge is:

For new hands to learn the stitch 

Or if you are an experienced stitcher

take the stitch and push it a little further in a creative manner or combine this stitch with one of the stitches already covered in TAST 2012. If you have worked a sample in a previous challenge feel free to post a link in comments as it will inspire people but if you have time do try another sample and do something different and new!

Take a look at some of my smaples for ideas. 

It is a sttich that can be combined easily with other stitches.

Since it is so versatile crazy quilters love it as seam embellsihment.

Also it can be stacked in interesting ways

Rows of the stitch can be built up to create patterns.

Try working it different threads, or on different fabrics. Play with the spacing  working closely together, or apart, add beads, overlap the stitch, or use it to couch down another thread or ribbon.

No matter what you do with it explore the stitch.  

How to join in

Stitch a sample,  take a photograph of it, put in online in your blog, flickr site or on stitchin fingers page, swing by here and leave a comment with your full web address so people can visit and see your sample.  

When you leave a comment 

When you leave a comment leave it on this post. People will not find your comment if you dot them all over the blog and this means you will get less visitors for you! That is sad, after going to the effort of stitching a sample then photographing it and getting it online. 

How do you know what this post is? Click on the title and you will be taken to an individual page. You can favourite it or copy and paste the URL as a note to yourself so you can return to this page again.

Don’t forget to leave your full web address in the comment, including the http:// bit as this will then become a live link that people can follow. Leave it in the comment itself so people can just click on the link and they come to your site. 

Visit a few sites of people who have already left a comment. See what they have done. I am sure everyone will enjoy following the links left in the comments. If you have time, let other people know that you have seen their work on their site.

Where is the comments link?

Look under the title you will see comments. Click there to be taken to a comment box.

Any special rules?
There are no rules but I do have a request, please link back here. 

Interesting work will be featured

On Pintangle I will feature samples that participants have stitched as part of the challenge. These feature spots draw attention to particularly creative and interesting work. This will mean some people’s work will be re-published here. Obviously  I will  credit them and link to their website.  I am going to assume that when you leave your link here if you dont say anything, I have your permission to feature your work. If you do not want your work to be featured in the highlights series please state this in the comment you leave.

Other groups and networks

You can also share your explorations with other members on the social network site of your choice. There is a Facebook TAST 2012 page,   stitchin fingers group and the flickr TAST site. All these sub groups are set up at request of members. 

Although I do watch these groups my main focus is here and if you want to contact me do so here as with so much activity I might miss you on the other sites. 

Guidelines to the challenge are to be found here and all posts relating to TAST are in the Take a Stitch Tuesday category

In my side bar I have a feature where you can have PinTangle delivered daily to your email inbox. If you find this a more convenient way to track what is going on please sign up. 

Week 1: Fly Stitch

Week 2: Buttonhole Stitch

Week 3: Feather Stitch

Week 4: Cretan Stitch

Week 5: Herringbone Stitch

TAST Week 5 Highlights

My morning routine to approve comments and visit the sites over a quiet coffee has been a little disrupted as I was in Sydney last week. That said as soon as I was back to wanted to see what everyone had done.

If you have not taken the time to browse the links left by people doing the challenge do make time to do so as you otherwise you are missing out.

Once again there are some fantastic samples stitched this week and once again I have had trouble keeping the highlights to 5.

My first highlight is a bit different this week as I want to point people towards the Tuesdays Stitchers blog who area  group that are working the TAST and / or the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2012 challenge. 

The first sample is from Can the Leopard Change its Spots a freeform sampler which worked in different threads.

Highlights this week for me include a sample which is a variety of Kiku herringbone shared on Japanese Temari

I really enjoyed looking at the samples worked over on Fat Quarter 

A very contemporary sample has been worked over on Art the Beautiful Metaphor

Hopscotch has worked a freeform ring of herringbone

Anneliese has also worked in rings on a painted background

This delightfully fresh sample worked on gingham is to be found over on Sane and Crazy quilting

Also over on Konnykards - Musings of a Senior Citizen there is an interesting series of small samplers 

I also delighted in this representation of a village from Anna Kousi 

That’s it for the highlights this week. I hope you enjoyed them. Tomorrow there is a new stitch. 

For the love of Stitching sampler band 536

This area is part of section 36 on of the For Love of Stitching band sampler.  This area is an experiment in eyelet stitches and its variations combined with beads and French knots. 

Thread:

The threads are mixed as in this section you will see cotton, wool, perle #8 and perle #5 cotton and hand dyed silk.

Fabric:

Hand dyed cotton 

Date:

This section of the sampler was worked early 2009.

Size:

The For Love of Stitching Band Sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide. It consists of different strips of fabric which are are stitched together to form one long band sampler.

The needlework band sampler is currently 74 ft 8 inches or 896 inches (2275.84 centimetres) or 24.8 yards  (22.75 metres) long and I have more to add. I will stop when I get bored with playing with it! 

Click on the thumbnail image and you will see a larger version.

The back story:

This series documents part by part, a hand embroidered needlework band sampler, which is still growing as I still stitch it.

If you are interested in the how and why this needlework sampler came to be made have a look at the Introductory Post  to the series. Also I answered a few questions about fabric choice and width. 

Also blogging has influenced this sampler. 

Here is a list of previous sections: 

Sections 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5, 6 , 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,  13, 

Sections 15-24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28, 29 , 30 , 31, 32,  33, 34, 35 , and 36

Each section of the sampler is joined to the previous section to form one long strip. In other words, one long band sampler!

If you want to know more about the process you will find information in how I Extended and backed the sampler.