CQ Detail 61
Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 7:00AM
Stitches:
It is a bit difficult to describe what is actually going on here but I will try. First I worked a row of widely spaced open Cretan stitch, which was then laced twice. The first was laced along the spine of the stitch then I laced the arms of the stitch.
The arrangements of three straight stitches were added before the stars which were attached with a seed bead.
Thread:
The Cretan stitch was worked in rayon ribbon floss and laced with Perle thread #5. Perle thread was also used for the straight stitches.
Placement and Foundation Fabric:
This seam joins piece 5 to piece 1 and 2. You will find the diagram in the article I wrote when I introduced block 9. In the same article I also talked about the foundation fabrics I used.
Beads:
Star shaped sequins and seed beads
The back story
This crazy quilt block is part of my “I dropped the Button box” quilt. I am documenting this crazy quilt detail by detail, every second day. You will find information about this series of articles and the quilt here and all articles in the series are categorised under Crazy Quilt details
For a stitch guide to hand embroidery stitches, instructions can be found in my stitch dictionary
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