For the Love of Stitching Sampler - Band 43

This band is another experiment as it is a line of  zig-zag chain stitch which I added a small straight stitch at right angles to the line. 

Thread:

A hand dyed silk which is about the same weight and thickness as perle thread 8. 

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 the silk thread

Size:

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

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

All posts in the series are in the category For the Love of Stitching band sampler I am in the process of documenting a hand embroidered band sampler, band by band, which now measures over 44 feet long and is still growing. For more of the back story of the piece read my introductory post  about it

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 in a couple days on March 4, 2009. If you have not taken a class online before  this is How classes work