There were many visitors, new followers and comments on my embroidery for the
TAST 2012 logo at Pintangle. As a thank you I want to share the making of the embroidery on the
cover for my TAST fabric book. The border is
one of Sharon's Friday freebies.
First I ironed a piece of freezer paper to the back of my fabric. After centring the border pattern upside down on the freezer paper, I secured it with masking tape. The freezer paper makes it easier to draw on the fabric. I didn't took a photo of this part, but I made a photo of it when I was working on my embroidery
Touch (currently my blog header).
After tracing the design on the fabric with a water soluble pen I removed the pattern and did the same with the letters TAST. I used a light box for the tracing, but a window works fine too. I stitched the border pattern in Caron Wildflowers in stem stitch, open chain stitch and raised close herringbone. I stitched the letters TAST in backstitch with 4 threads of silk floss.
I figured some of you might want to stitch 2012, so I made a pattern for that too. The font is called Colonna MT.
Thank you for sharing this how to with us. This will make the perfect stitch book cover.
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I love it! Congrats on having your cover chosen for the TAST logo!!!! That's so cool.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI enjoyed seeing your stitchings last year, and I've signed up for next year. Thanks.
Thank you a lot for your good description - it is encouraging.
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