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vrijdag 27 februari 2009
Yellow
These ATC's are made by Helen (left) and Hannah for the yellow fabric atc swap.
I made these for Brenda and Ingrid. There is a larger photo on my Flickr-page with details about the stitches.
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donderdag 26 februari 2009
Trellis stitch 4
For my next example a made a row of backstitches and made rows of trellis stitches on them, till there was no thread left. It looked like a flap, so I made a pocket beside it.
When I was looking for something else, I found some rainbow thread. I made a rectangle and a square. I filled the rectangle with rows of trellis and the square with rounds to see the difference.
This daffodil and the lovely teacup from Annie inspired me . . .
. . . to make a daffodil in trellis stitches. First I made the horizontal and vertical petals in rows. In the centre I made a square of 4 backstitches and used them to create the centre of the flower. I was not happy with the result, so I made the diagonal petals. I filled them in rounds. There was only room for 3 of them, for I already stitched 'trellis stitch' on my fabric!
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woensdag 25 februari 2009
Groninger blanket 18
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I skipped block 17 and made block 18. It looks as if it's not a square, but it is! It's not a difficult pattern, you only have to count every row.
zondag 22 februari 2009
Groninger blanket 15 & 16
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zaterdag 21 februari 2009
Trellis stitch 3
In the last few days I had a lot of fun with the trellis stitch. This purple example has a square base of 4 backstitches on each side. I worked from the inside to the outside and increased in the corners. I made 4 rounds.
On this diamond base I made a spiral trellis. I made 7 rounds and decreased a stitch in the pointed corners in every row and in the other corners every other row.
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Below my green triangle I made a blue one. I started in the straight corner and made 7 rounds. In the straight corner I decreased every other row and in the other corners every row. My triangle is 3/8 inch high!
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I also tried a spiral trellis on a base of chain stitches. I started to decrease in the third round. When it was finished I made one round on the loops of the chain stitches on the outside of it, 2 in every loop. I think it looks like a hat.
So far I only used cotton perlé for my examples. The tutorials of Mary Corbet and Jeanne where a great help for me!
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So far I only used cotton perlé for my examples. The tutorials of Mary Corbet and Jeanne where a great help for me!
donderdag 19 februari 2009
Strawberry Cupcake
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woensdag 18 februari 2009
Trellis stitch 2
Today I made 3 more examples. Elizabeth of Quieter Moments wrote about the chain stitch as a base for the trellis stitch. So I tried it on the blue one. It gives a nice edge. I also tried another spiral trellis, a red one. This time I counted the stitches and it is more regular now. And I wanted to make a different shape, so I made a triangle.
This was the base for that, 10 horizontal back stitches and 2 times 5 diagonal back stitches. Each row I decreased at both sides and I finished with 1 trellis stitch in the bottom point.
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dinsdag 17 februari 2009
Trellis stitch 1
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maandag 16 februari 2009
Chicken scratch 6
This is the last example I did on aida. I made cross stitches and laced them on 3 of them. I saw this on a crazy heart and gave it a try.
I did some chicken scratch on Gingham with small squares in 2 colours. First a classic example.
And then one with cross stitches, laced with a thick cotton thread. It's about the size of 4 threads of DMC.
Then I made some standing cross stitches in blue and laced them in brown in 2 different ways. I think it's a nice border design.
And I had to try some chicken scratch on fabric with chicken wire! I made some double cross stitches with the thick thread and laced it with brown.
Now it's time to try the next challenge: the trellis stitch.
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zaterdag 14 februari 2009
Hearts
Last month I did a Valentine swap with Dee. She made this lovely heart ATC for me and she sent me a dotee-kit.
This is the ATC I made for her. I cut some hearts from different fabrics and put it on the background fabric. Then I put some tulle on top of it and embroidered the hearts in the Portuguese stem stitch. I also added the beads and a yarn binding.
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donderdag 12 februari 2009
Purple
This beautiful ATC is made by Brenda for a purple fabric ATC swap. She made a colouring iron transfer and put it in a pocket! I like the way she used the rickrack ribbon.
This is how it looks out of the pocket. It's a lovely fairy!
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zaterdag 7 februari 2009
Chicken scratch 5
I tried some chicken scratch with different stitches. First I made a square of buttonhole stitches. Then I laced it vertical with 4 threads of DMC with light green. I did the same horizontal with green, but I wove the threads.
Then I made a border with herringbone stitches in 2 green colours. I laced it with 4 threads of DMC over 1 and 2 stitches. The large lacing is filled with a cross stitch.
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woensdag 4 februari 2009
Alvin McClure
. . . is block 10 of the Civil War Diary Quilt. I used templates to make it.
Block 11 is the last one of the first row, 1 down 10 to go! This one was very easy. The only problem was the difference between the pattern and the example in the book. So I looked around on the internet, to see what other people did with it and decided to use the example. Last weekend I cut the fabric for my next block, the first one of the second row. I want to make the blocks in the sequence of the book, so I don't have to decide which one is next every time.
And there was a surprise in my mailbox this morning: a beautiful Kogin ATC made by Miriam. She sent it in a lovely matching envelope.
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dinsdag 3 februari 2009
Groninger blanket
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maandag 2 februari 2009
Chicken scratch 4
This weekend I did some chicken scratch again. I made some cross stitches with 2 threads of DMC and laced it with cotton no. 8.
The second one is inspired by the fourth example Sharon made. I only did a part, but I think it's a nice border. I used 2 threads of DMC for the cross stitches and 4 for the lacing.
This is also inspired by something I saw, but I cannot remember where. The cross stitches are done with 2 threads of DMC and the lacing with 4.
And I saw some lovely chicken scratch squares on Flickr, just take a look at them here.
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zondag 1 februari 2009
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