100 Details In 100 Days - Day 16

Many of you know that I'm rather fond of Blackwork. Blackwork was a popular form of needlework during the reign of Henry VIII. Also known as "Spanish Work", it was traditionally worked with black silk on white linen.

Blackwork can lend itself nicely to crazy quilting. The repeating patterns can be used to fill in a rather plain patch, or use it along a seam. Try running one of these borders along a length of ribbon and don't hesitate to use other colors. It doesn't have to be done in black.



1 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



1 1/8 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



1 1/4 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas

100 Details In 100 days - Day 15

Yes, you can do perfectly spaced chain stitches using waste canvas. I've charted out a basic chain for you and then did 2 more elaborate designs.



1/8 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



7/8 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



1 5/8 in wide on 8.5 count waste canvas

Strawberry Block Complete

I completed this yesterday afternoon. I added the little bit of tatting beneath the strawberry and beaded that. I was at an absolute loss as to what to do with that seam. I then shaded the strawberry with some oil pastels and then added some seed beads for the seeds. The tiny dragonfly charm filled the space below it.



Then I started on this project. I hand painted the butterfly and I'll be heavily beading it.



I'm not sure if I'll have time to stitch later. I'm off to a BBQ for the day.

Happy 4th Of July!

In honor of our national holiday here in the US, today's seam treats are based on stars.



7/8 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



1 1/4 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



5/8 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas

Strawberry Block and Bonnet Girl

I added quite a bit to the strawberry block yesterday. The red flowers and pearls along the lace at the bottom, the spider and web, the butterly to the left and I beaded the lace to the top left of the big strawberry.

To make the beaded fringe along the edge of the lace, I came up with my needle at the left corner. I picked up 11 beads and then inserted my needle 1/2 an inch to the right. I came up again 1/4 inch to the left, picked up 11 more seed beads and inserted my needle 1/2 an inch to the right. If you do that all the way along the edge of your lace, you'll have a nice scalloped beaded fringe edging.

To see it up close, click on the photo to go to my Flickr page:



Besides working on the strawberry block yesterday, I also finished the little bonnet girl.