For the Love of Stitching Sampler - Band 19

Stitches: 

This band consists of 3 rows of stitches the first being Cretan stitch worked tightly together, the row is  chain stitch and the last row is Satin stitch worked in straight line   

Thread:

The first row is a hand dyed perle cotton, size 5. The second row is a hand dyed cotton which is crochet thread and the third row is hand dyed silk. All embroidery threads are hand dyed by me. 

Fabric:

This section of the sampler is worked on tea towel linen which is not quite an even weave.

Dyes:

Procion cold water dyes for both the cotton and silk threads  

Size:

All samples are 15 cm (6 inches) wide and stitched together in one long band sampler.

At the time of writing the sampler is currently 44 ft 5 inches or 533 inches (1353.83 centimetres) or 14.8 yards  (13.53 metres) long and still being added to.

Date:

This section of the sampler is dated 1996 - Jan 1998

The back story

If this is your first visit, I am in the process of documenting a band sampler, band by band, which is actually a series of samplers worked over a number years and now measures over 35 feet long. All bands are hand embroidered as hand stitching is a fascinating skill to develop. For the history of the piece read my introductory post   

On Another Note

If you are thinking of working a sampler I have answered a few questions about width and fabric choice.  You may like to take Develop a Personal Library of Stitches as it would be very applicable and will start on March 4, 2009. If you have not taken a class online before  this is How classes work

Anyone working a band sampler or stitching along please leave a comment with a link to your blog so people can visit you and see. Even if you just take a stitch or two I would love to see it and I am sure others will too.

Encrusted Crazy Quilting is another online class for crazy quilters which will start on Feb 25th.

Remember if you looking for a stitch guide to hand embroidery stitches, instructions can be found in my stitch dictionary