Introducing sections 15, 17 and 24!

Band 200 was the end of section 13 so it is time to introduce the next.

From here on I am afraid my band sampler documentation gets a little complicated. I have decided to keep  section 14 private, as this sampler was used to demonstrate some points in my online classes and I dont publish free on this blog what people have paid for. It is unfair to my online students. 

Section 15 was worked in 2006 as a small sampler that includes ring pulls from the top of drink cans. It was worked on a nylon curtain net as I wanted to use as much recycled items as possible.

 

Sections 16-22  I will also keep private as these 6 pieces also demonstrate points I make in my online classes.

As you may guess there is a good few number of stitches sampled in these sections!

Section 23 (the beaded section above) I will however reveal. It is a sample worked in 2006  for the Develop a Personal Library of stitches class. When ever I show this piece in life people love it and want to touch it. 

I worked it on linen in a mix of threads and beads 

Section 24 (the long piece to the left)  is piece I finished in 2007. As you can see it has bands of stitches set on an angle as you would in a crazy quilt. 

This sampler was something I had started a couple of years previous and in order for it not to become a UFO I completed it and added it to the strip. In doing so it set me off on another tangent which I will reveal when I introduce section 25. 

This is worked on dress linen and many of the threads and ribbons on it are hand dyed by me. 

As you can see it features a mix of techniques including silk ribbon embroidery. I also signed it - so that the sampler would be signed because  at the time I was rabbiting on to a friend about how many anonymous women have stitched down the ages when I realised I did not often sign my own work! 

Monday will see us at band 307  and a return to my regular band by band documentation.

Yes, that is right I will jump from band 200 to 307. It is nearly a third of what I have shown you so far but as I say my what I teach in my online classes and what I write on my blog is different material. For this reason I have to keep some of the samples private.  

If a search engine has landed you here, this is part of series of articles documenting a hand embroidered band sampler, which now measures over 44 feet long and is still growing as I still stitch it.

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, 3 and 4, Section 5 ,  Section 6 ,  Section 7 ,  Section 8,  Section 9, Section 10, Section 11,   Section 12 and Section 13