Trinitarian

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

SAL Mon Cahier De Broderie

  A  very gracious lady, Covi   at  http://www.cova-libre.es/  is hosting a Stitch-A-Long. One page of embroidery per month, to conclude in a bound cloth book.


Each section highlights a few different stitches. The first square will have flowers made with spiderweb and woven spider web petals and stems of a variation of feather stitch. 

I'm not very good at the stitches yet but having fun none the less.

Feather stitch leaves ( different from fly stitch), whipped back stitch, laced back stitch.

Running stitch, whipped running stitch, laced running stitch.








Bayeux stitch variation. I think I would get a smoother result using a single thread, maybe size 12 pearl cotton. For stitch tutorials please see Mary Corbett's NeedleNThread videos.

Thank you to Covi  (http://www.cova-libre.es/ ) for all the hard work to make this stitch sample book possible.




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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Finishing & Signing a Project

To sign or not to sign. No signature leaves people guessing who, and others disappointed. Signing ones name to a piece of art that was someone else's design but your own interpretation, your own hours  of labor, leaves one feeling like part of it still belongs to them. Thus after a pep talk from a designer--I opted to sign discreetly.
Washed, pressed, pinned to mat board, and laced up.
You can find the 'how to prepare your embroidery for framing' on Mary Corbett's http://www.needlenthread.com/ 



Ready for the framer.



Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Winter Project

I won Blissful Beginnings from Wooly Thread's facebook  give-a-way  in 2012. I am working through a beautiful  embroidery challenge "Gentle Touch" blanket. The book  is on sale today only at half price.

Yummy wool and silk on wool Challis.