This morning I started
another book page with the same theme for a my first swap at Fibre Fever. I’m
going to use the same red fabric for the roof, but it will be very different.
donderdag 31 mei 2012
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This is my third page for the book page swap at Stitchin Fingers. I made it for Frances in
Australia. The size is 8 x 8 inch and it’s made of 4 log cabin blocks.
The little boy and girl
were part of a Dutch fabric I bought in Amsterdam recently. This page is
completely stitched and quilted on my sewing machine.
woensdag 30 mei 2012
Chinese knots
One of last week’s tasks in
Karen’s class embroider, embellish, create was making Chinese knots. I’m not
going to use them in my blocks, I just don’t like these bulky knots.
dinsdag 29 mei 2012
Old & new knotted Cretan stitches
The TAST stitch for week 22 is knotted Cretan stitch. So far I only used it on my TAST 2007 sampler. This leave is part of that
sampler. It’s stitched with 2 threads of stranded floss on muslin.
This is another detail on the same sampler. I
couched a piece of bias fabric to my muslin with 2 threads of stranded floss
and decorated it with beads.
It was late when I turned
my computer off last night, but before I did that I had a quick look to see the
TAST stitch for this week. This morning I just had to stitch a few new rows to my brown even weave TAST sampler. The first row is done in Stef Francis perle 5,
. . . . the second row in
DMC perle 5. The result is very different!
When I was adding a new
thread to the green row, I thought it would be possible to use 2 different
threads. So I stitched the last row with green cotton a broder and off-white perle 8.
It was very important to
hold both threads tight when I made the knot. I made a wonky photo holding my
camera with my right hand and the off-white thread with the thumb of my left hand.
I’ve
added a photo of today’s experiments to my Flickr-page.
maandag 28 mei 2012
Block 3 - French knots
This is a detail on my
third block for Karen’s class embroider, embellish, create. French knots with
perle 5 inside the petals on the machine embroidered lace.
I wrote about the
first details here. There’s one more seam to embellish.
zondag 27 mei 2012
Cutwork & hexagons
There’s some progress on
my second block for Karen’s class embroider, embellish, create. First I appliquéd
a few 2 cm hexagons. I have a few different idea’s how to embellish them so I’ll
just wait a few days.
I also made 5 cutwork
circles in the machine embroidered fabric. My embroidery was telling me for
days it wanted cutwork circles there. I had to take a deep breath before I could
cut the fabric!
I’m damp stretching it
again before I add more stitches. There’s a photo of this part of my second
block here.
zaterdag 26 mei 2012
Butterfly chain stitch
The TAST stitch for week
21 is butterfly chain stitch. There was not much time to play with this stitch,
so I only made 2 half rows on my brown even weave sampler. This first row is done in perle 5 and cotton a
broder. I'm going to add beads into the squares when this sampler is finished.
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vrijdag 25 mei 2012
Rope
My embroidery was
inspired by Anneliese’s beautiful photo. The background is stitched in chicken
scratch and cross stitch after trying some chicken scratch variation on this sampler. The ropes are stitched in a mix of chain stitch variations, Portuguese
stem stitch, couching and French knots. I made the last stitches in November
last year. It was very wrinkled and I couldn’t get it right. So it was hidden
in my cupboard until last week. After all the good damp stretching results on
my blocks for Karen’s class embroider, embellish, create I thought it would
help this embroidery too. And it did, all wrinkles are gone!
There’s
a bigger photo of this embroidery on my Flickr page.
donderdag 24 mei 2012
Kitty
This
cute ATC was in my mailbox a few days ago. Hannah made it for me, because the
first ATC she made was lost in the mail. This kitty came back to her the first
time she sent it. Three
is a charm!
woensdag 23 mei 2012
French knots & Portuguese stem stitch
These
are the first embellished seams on my third block for Karen’s class embroider,embellish, create. French knots with perle 8 on the lace . . .
.
. . and Portuguese stem stitch with cotton a broder at the scalloped edge.
dinsdag 22 mei 2012
Old butterfly chain stitches
The
TAST stitch for week 21 is butterfly chain stitch. My only old stitches were on
my TAST 2007 sampler. So today I share the old photo’s of how I stitched that.
It’s all stitched with 2 threads of stranded floss on muslin. I also found a
link in my notes to a video, maybe it can help some of you too. You can watch
it here. This is the start of my first sample, different groups of straight
stitches.
And
this is the complete row. I had some tension problems, but solved them in the
next row.
The
foundation row for my second sample.
And
the complete row. I added small bugle beads between the stitches.
The
foundation stitches for my third row, I wanted this row to look like real
butterflies.
And
the complete row, again with some tension problems. Maybe that’s why I never
used this stitch again.
I
stitched a single butterfly chain stitch and then a foundation row on a curved
line.
The
complete row.
I
still like these samples, but think they would look much better in a different
thread. I hope to find the time to try again this week. My complete TAST 2007
sampler is here, I made a new photo today.
maandag 21 mei 2012
Block 1 finished
This
is my first block for Karen’s class embroider, embellish, create.
There’s
a bigger photo on my Flickr-page and a detail of the secret pocket here.
zondag 20 mei 2012
Bullion knots
The TAST stitch for week
20 is the bullion knot. I’ve used it in my padded surface this week, but I
wanted to add it to one of my samplers too. I’ve stitched a few bullion knots around
the square herringbone stitches in perle 12. The bullion knots are done in wool
and cotton a broder. The bullions in the top left corner are wrapped clockwise,
the others counter clockwise. Somehow it works better for me this way!
zaterdag 19 mei 2012
Appliqué and cutwork
Yesterdays lesson for Karen’s class embroider,embellish, create was about appliqué and cutwork. Appliqué isn’t new to me, but
I never combined it with embroidery. I
appliquéd a 2 cm (or ¾ inch) circle on my first block and added chain stitches
and French knots. The fabric is a scrap from the first curtains of my daughters
room. My husband wanted to use it as a cleaning rag!
Cutwork was almost new to
me. I tried it last year on Gingham fabric, but made a mess of it. With the
help of Karen’s video it was very easy. The fabric behind my cutwork circle (1½
cm or 5/8 inch) is very special to me. I was a bridesmaid when
I was 3½ years old and my dress was made of this machine embroidered fabric over a turquoise fabric. Don’t know what happened to my dress, but I still have the unused scraps of both fabrics.
I was 3½ years old and my dress was made of this machine embroidered fabric over a turquoise fabric. Don’t know what happened to my dress, but I still have the unused scraps of both fabrics.
Yesterday I promised to share
a photo of my damp stretched second block. It’s on my Flickr-page.
vrijdag 18 mei 2012
Block 2: seams embellished
All
seams on my second block for Karen’s class embroider, embellish, create are done.
This seam is a combo of buttonhole stitch and cross stitch with cotton a
broder. At the left there are French knots inside the machine embroidered
fabric.
I used my new thread for them, DMC rayon.
At
the top there’s part of my ruching. It’s not finished yet, it will be my last
task for this block, because I’m planning to add beads too. I stitched more French
knots at the seam. The lower seam is just 2 rows of running stitches with
French knots.
On
this seam I stitched a half chevron stitch with perle 12. It was last week’s
TAST stitch. I’m going to add something to this seam, but I wanted to wait for today’s
lesson.
The
last seam on this block. I secured the scalloped edge with French knots in
cotton a broder.
My
block is not finished, but I damp stretched it. Hope to
share a photo tomorrow.
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donderdag 17 mei 2012
Aquilegia in my garden
I took
some photo’s in my garden. These
Aquilegia are one of my favourite flowers, they are so pretty. I like the odd
shapes.
woensdag 16 mei 2012
Padded surface
Karen
showed us how to make a padded surface in her class and I just had to try this on my first block.
It was so much fun to manipulate the fabric. I combined it with this week’s
TAST stitch the bullion knot. Let me show you some details of my padded
surface. This is a buttonhole lace pocket with a few French knots inside.
Bullion
knots with cotton a broder. My first bullion knot was a mess,
I frogged it. Then I remembered Sharon’s tip and wrapped my thread counter
clockwise. It was a big difference!
Large
bullion knots with the same thread. Here I wrapped my needle about 15 times!
More
French knots.
Whipped
spokes.
A
whipped wheel with French knots. Here you can see the difference in the threads
I used. Both are ecru cotton a broder, but the 2 French knots at the left are a
size 16, the others a size 25.
There’s
a photo of this complete padded surface on my Flickr-page.
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dinsdag 15 mei 2012
Old bullion knots
The
TAST stitch for week 20 is the bullion knot. I learned the bullion knot in TAST
2007, so I share that sampler first. It’s only 2½ cm or 1 inch tall. The thread
is
2 strands of stranded floss. I stitched this with my between quilt needle, I had no embroidery needles at the time!
2 strands of stranded floss. I stitched this with my between quilt needle, I had no embroidery needles at the time!
This
is a seam on block 5 of my Crazy Monday quilt. Fly stitches with bullion knots,
stitched with 2 threads of stranded floss.
A seam
on my ATC Crazy Apples. Up and down buttonhole stitch with large bullion knots.
Again 2 threads of stranded floss.
This
butterfly is part of the crazy block I made for TAST 2010. It’s stitched with 2
threads of stranded floss. Detached chain stitches, straight stitches, French
knots and a bullion knot body.
A rosebud on my up and down feather stitch sampler. Two bullion knots
with perle 8 inside a fly stitch with perle 5.
This
last detail is part of my embroidery Touch. I stitched it last year for Sharon’s Sumptuous Embroidery class. It's also the header of my blog. I'm not sure about the thread, I think it's a cotton perle.
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