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Antwerp Edging Stitch |
Monday I cleaned off the dinning room table and spread the rustic hand pieced vintage quilt I have been working on across the top. It has been a couple of weeks since I have had it out and this would be a good week to try and finish it. Rain and storms all week and rest my strained left leg a bit.
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Trimmed, turned, and pinned. |
I trimmed it cutting the batting back about a quarter inch inside the rough edge of the top. Then I trimmed the muslin underside equal to the pieced top. Next with straight pins in hand folded both the top and the bottom pieces under equally about 3/8" and at the folded edge pinned all of the way around the quilt.
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Slip stitched edges. |
My plan is to use quilting thread and hand slip stitch the two folded edges together. This is my way of basting it together before the decorative finish is applied. I am crazy about alpaca yarn. I have no explanation for it. Just one of the little mysteries of life! At any rate I want to then do a fancy Antwerp blanket stitch using alpaca yarn matching the ties holding the quilt together all the way around to embellish the finished edge.
Yes, I know this is different, but I like different and so this is the direction I am headed with it! We shall see how it works out!
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My view in the dinning room! |
Alpaca yarn is terribly soft and non allergenic. It makes a soft and not a bit scratchy contrasting
edge. I have always loved anything finished with a blanket stitch so I love the idea of trying a variation of it on this piece.
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My favorite stitchery book! |
Also worth mentioning here is an amazing woman who has more than mastered the hand stitching of the world as far as I can see! Sarah Whittle has published a wonderful book I purchased about a year or so ago and she is a Contemporary Embroidery Artist I am quite in awe of! Her book details more stitches than I would have guessed exist. It is called "The Needlecraft Style Directory" and gives beautiful instruction, history, and illustrations of stitches from around the world. I would highly recommend it for anyone interested in hand work or it's history.
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