The Piano Shawl was only a metre and a half square (only!), so there wasn’t really space for a stave in each corner, even if Elaine had wanted four melodies included! At the same time, there was enough space in the corners that without something there, the whole thing looked half-hearted and unbalanced. So I [...]
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7 Jan 11
14 Dec 10
Since I had some requests for more details about the Piano Shawl, I rummaged around in my photographs to try to come up with pictures that might explain a little more of what I did and how I approached it. I knew that I would be using some variegated threads and some plain ones, so [...]
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Posted in Large Embroidery Projects
Tagged commissions, General Embroidery, overdyed threads, Perseverence, Piano Shawl
Tagged commissions, General Embroidery, overdyed threads, Perseverence, Piano Shawl
23 Nov 10
Although putting the fringing on brought the whole thing to life – which goes to show how important the finishing details are for big projects – I was very relieved when I delivered the Piano Shawl, and it settled into its destined home as though I’d sat there to stitch it. As I don’t have [...]
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Posted in General Embroidery
Tagged commissions, General Embroidery, Grandmama's Embroidery, Perseverence, Piano Shawl
Tagged commissions, General Embroidery, Grandmama's Embroidery, Perseverence, Piano Shawl
24 Sep 10
I’m in the very last stages of a very long running commission here. It’s one of the reasons my reading of blogs has been sporadic of late – I’ve been working very hard on this! Anyway, the last stage is to add fringing all around the edge – some six metres of fringing, which is [...]
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Posted in General Embroidery, General Posts
Tagged General Embroidery, Perseverence, Piano Shawl
Tagged General Embroidery, Perseverence, Piano Shawl
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