For the Love of Stitching Sampler - Band 86

This band of stitching which is actually a needlepoint stitch called Petal. I discovered it in Mary Rhodes Dictionary of Canvas Work Stitches (Batsford Embroidery Paperback).

As a side note this is an old but good book and I use it constantly. Its always been my wish to work through it stitch by stitch but on something like 26cnt linen rather than traditional needlepoint canvas. 

Thread:

Superfine Marino wool hand dyed by me.

Fabric:

This section of my sampler is worked on 26 count linen which has been hand painted with procion cold water dyes.

Dyes:

Procion cold water dyes were used for both thread and foundation fabric

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 was worked in March 1998

The back story:

This post is part of series documenting a hand embroidered band sampler, which now measures over 44 feet long and is still growing as I still stitch it. That is not a typo, if you want to know more about the sampler related posts are listed below and all posts in the series are in the category For the Love of Stitching band sampler  

Other related posts

Introductory Post - how and why this sampler came to be made 

A few questions answered about fabric choice and width

Extending and backing the sampler

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Sections 1 and 2 

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Sections 3 and 4 

Classes starting soon  

Introduction to Silk Ribbon Embroidery is scheduled to begin on June 18, 2009

Studio Journals: A Designer’s Workhorse is scheduled to begin on June 11, 2009.

Follow the links to read class descriptions and I have described  how classes work if you are curious.