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17 Feb 12
3 Feb 12
About fifteen years ago I was going through one of those periods of penury that we are all subject to, so Christmas presents and birthday presents became rather a challenge – usually solved by making something, with varying degrees of success. This coaster was made for my grandfather, based on a version of the merchant [...]
3 Jan 12
Charles Germain de St Aubin was designer to Louis XV of France, and he wrote a famous work entitled “The Art of the Embroiderer”, which is much referenced among scholars of textiles of the period, but has proven tricky to track down. Not to mention, my grasp of seventeenth century technical French really isn’t up [...]
25 Nov 11
I’ve been struggling to decide what to do with the anklets for the Elephant of Infinite Charm. When I look at the Elephant without anklets it’s clear the design needs more visual weight lower down in the design, but when I asked the Elephant what sort of anklets he wanted, he just humphed at me. [...]
23 Aug 11
I’ve now finished the tent stitch on the Tulip Slip Needlework Nibble. I had a minor epiphany about halfway through, when I realised that in this particular case, absolute accuracy in colour placement isn’t really necessary. I’m not trying to create a picture which will look all wrong if every stitch isn’t exactly as charted. [...]
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Tagged Goldwork, Needlework Nibbles, Thistle Threads, Tulip Slip
Tagged Goldwork, Needlework Nibbles, Thistle Threads, Tulip Slip
14 Jun 11
Encouraged by the success of the Needlework Nibble that supported the Museum of Costume in Bath, Tricia at Thistle Threads has launched another fundraising Needlework Nibble, this time to support the exhibition With Cunning Needle: Four Centuries of Embroidery at Winterthur Museum. I’ve enjoyed the Glittering Snail, and the two Thistle Threads courses I’ve been [...]
3 Dec 10
Since I don’t have a convenient, well-stocked local embroidery shop, and have discovered over the years that colours often don’t display well on screen, leading me to spend lots of money on the wrong thread, I now concentrate almost all my embroidery shopping around one event: The Knitting And Stitching Show in Harrogate. I had [...]
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