I have finished the Tulip Slip Needlework Nibble. I used a sewing machine to attach the silk brocade backing to the silk velvet front, because my fingers were still shredded from finishing the Floral Glove Needlecase, and the velvet was very hard to stitch. The amount of stuffing needed for even quite small items never [...]
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16 Sep 11
12 Aug 11
I’ve been doing more work on the metal thread embroidery on the Spot Sampler. The photograph shows (top to bottom) Braid Stitch, Cable Chain Stitch, and Heavy Chain Stitch. I’ve used the real metal thread and the Japanese needle for all of them, which may have been a mistake. At the very least, the Japanese [...]
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 [...]
17 Jun 11
I know I should try to limit the number of projects I work on at once, but my fingers have been itching to start the Christus Natus Est Panel, and I finally decided to have a go. I bought the silk thread (Pearsall’s Filoselle) and the gold passing thread, at the Knitting and Stitching Show [...]
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Posted in Goldwork
Tagged Christus Natus Est, Goldwork, New Techniques, or nué, Silk thread
Tagged Christus Natus Est, Goldwork, New Techniques, or nué, Silk thread
15 Feb 11
My life and personal circumstances are not often relevant to my embroidery, but in this case… My husband is Australian, so we try to go to Australia to visit his family as often as we can, which is usually about every two years. To someone brought up in Northern Europe, among the Oak and Ash [...]
4 Feb 11
You may recall that in December I wrote about the Thistle Threads project to Stitch A Snail For Storage. We’ve been away for a while, but came back to find a huge pile of post which included a jiffy bag from Thistle Threads. Since I’ve already printed out the instructions (as soon as I ordered [...]
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Posted in General Embroidery
Tagged Glittering Snail, Goldwork, Needlework Nibbles, New Techniques, Silk thread, Thistle Threads
Tagged Glittering Snail, Goldwork, Needlework Nibbles, New Techniques, Silk thread, Thistle Threads
14 Jan 11
The first step is to simplify the design, so that it becomes an embroidery design rather than a painting. I’ve transferred the simplified design using fabric crayons, and used a fabric pen to outline the sections. The design is about three inches by eight, which seems very large now I look at it, but I [...]
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Posted in Goldwork
Tagged Christus Natus Est, experiments, Goldwork, New Techniques, or nué
Tagged Christus Natus Est, experiments, Goldwork, New Techniques, or nué
24 Dec 10
A couple of years ago, my mother painted an absolute cracker of a painting – a semi abstract Nativity, which she entitled Christus Natus Est (Christ in Born). At the time it occurred to me that it might make a good design for an embroidery, and now I have decided on the style I am [...]
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Posted in Goldwork
Tagged Christus Natus Est, experiments, Goldwork, New Techniques, or nué
Tagged Christus Natus Est, experiments, Goldwork, New Techniques, or nué
31 Aug 10
I’ve been prevaricating on the finishing process for the Floral Glove Needlecase, because it will involve glue, and I’m clumsy with that sort of thing. I’ve worked very hard on the embroidery, I’m quite pleased with most of it, and I don’t want to fall at the last hurdle! Finally, however (largely because I’ve been [...]
8 Jun 10
So now I am beginning to do the silk embroidery for the next Thistle Threads Online University Course, the Tudor and Stuart Goldwork Masterclass. More gorgeous Au Ver A Soie silk thread to play with! Furthermore, some new stitches! I’m not keen on counted work, so when I saw a chart in the instructions, my [...]
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