I worked on this very early in my embroidering career. The design comes from a free transfer in one of the Needlewoman Magazines my Grandmama gave me (September 1934, since you asked!), and I worked it to go with the curtains in my bedroom which were a wonderful Regency strip in red and gold. It’s [...]
Browsing the blog archives for July, 2011
29 Jul 11
26 Jul 11
I’m making reasonably good progress with the Tudor Pincushion which is part of the Tudor and Stuart Goldwork Masterclass. The silkwork was finished a while ago, and now there are several different isolated stitches, and a continuous border. I’m not using the real metal thread for this. I rather like the rich, vibrant colour of [...]
22 Jul 11
Recently I was sent a link to a page discussing Russian embroidered icons. It seems that for all we think of icons as purely painted pieces, embroidered icons aren’t new – it is simply that their relative fragility and the length of time it takes to create one have made them very much rarer. As [...]
19 Jul 11
One of the hallmarks of Australian Embroidery, as shown in the magazines, is a willingness to mix techniques and “play”. So while I have no idea of how I am going to show the Rosella, I’ve been thinking in terms of creating a background of tessellated Eucalyptus leaves, one way or another. There are several [...]
15 Jul 11
I ended up using both fabrics. I decided to use a layer of the darker fabric to create the shadow of the face of the quayside edge, covered with a layer each of brown and navy net. The two layers of net intensified the darkness of the shadow, but at the same time, suggested the [...]
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Posted in Camberwell Panel, Large Embroidery Projects
Tagged applique, Camberwell Panel, commissions, General Embroidery
Tagged applique, Camberwell Panel, commissions, General Embroidery
12 Jul 11
You may recall that having worked most of the Map of Amarna, I then ran into a brick wall, and could not decide which thread to use for the last, rather extensive element – the depiction of the cultivation. I decided, in the end, that I would use the more golden of the plain silk [...]
8 Jul 11
The Plaited Braid Stitch was one of the reasons I wanted to do this course. There are instructions in at least half of my books on embroidery, and I’ve watched Tracy Franklin demonstrate the stitch. I even spent a whole day practising it at one of her courses. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t, and [...]
5 Jul 11
It’s been a long time since I posted about the Floral Glove Needlecase. For a variety of reasons I lost momentum once it came to the finishing of the piece, but I do intend to get it finished. I don’t know what I will do with it when it is finished – I can’t imagine [...]
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Posted in Floral Glove Needlecase
Tagged Floral Glove Course, online university, Perseverence, Thistle Threads
Tagged Floral Glove Course, online university, Perseverence, Thistle Threads
1 Jul 11
Since I’ve received so many comments – and additional e-mails! – asking me to post more about Christus Natus Est, I’ve decided to post about it more frequently than I originally intended. Progress has slowed somewhat as the spiral gets larger, with ever-longer sections of the close silken stitching. Since I’m using two shades of [...]
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