For the Love of Stitching Sampler - Band 103

This first row of stitching in theFor the Love of stitching Sampler Section 6is a canvas work stitch, listed as Condensed Mosaic in The Embroidery Stitch Bible by Betty Barnden(page 154)

Thread:

A hand dyed baby knitting wool

Fabric:

This section of my sampler is worked on 26 count linen.

Dyes:

A mix of procion dyes and disperse dye (also known as transfer dyes) as the baby wool was a mix of wool and acrylic fibre. 

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 May 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

For the Love of Stitching Sampler Section 5

For the Love of stitching Sampler Section 6

Comments

[Marty52]

I love the colors in this portion, Sharon! It makes me wish for touch-o-vision so I could reach out and feel the stitches!