Candlewicking
from Kat & Cat Quilts
Moira is a member of my quilt guild, an online-only group called Sunshine.
Moira sent me eight blocks made with an embroidery technique called "candlewicking."
I learned from wikipedia that
"Candlewicking, or candlewick is a form of whitework embroidery that traditionally uses an unbleached cotton thread on a piece of unbleached muslin. It gets its name from the nature of the soft spun cotton thread, which was braided then used to form the wick for candles. Motifs are created using a ...