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History of Embroidery: Samplers
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There are a huge number of embroidery stitches - all based on simple movements of the needle. Before the widespread use of books and patterns "samplers" of stitches were often created. A sampler began simply as a piece of cloth with examples of stitches and patterns. These acted as reminders and pattern references - and were often handed down through the generations. Some were decorative, others practical (as in darning samplers). Left 1633, right mid 17th Century. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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serpentine stitches: 09/01/2013 - 10/01/2013
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Thursday, 12 September 2013. Devoré workshop with Dionne Swift. Our first sample was a positive and negative design onto velvet using a silk screen with a paper mask. I did some buildings and added a bit of rain with a Thermofax screen. Then we had a choice between making a scarf and trying other fabrics. My second sample used a piece of devoré satin and the design combines a masking tape mask with a different Thermofax. The best bit was washing the fabric, after ironing it, and revealing the design.
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Frieda Oxenham: Wildflowers and Roses
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Friday, 7 August 2015. Finally a day with some sunshine and a good opportunity to take some outdoor pictures of quilts. Or so I thought. I had reckoned without the flies and the wind so maybe we will have to do that again some other day. If we get another sunny day of course! But the flowers were an easier target for the camera. Above the Veilchenblau roses. Oh my Frieda - these are lovely! 7 August 2015 at 12:48. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Scottish Borders, United Kingdom. 1000 Quilt Inspiratio...
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Living to work - Working to live: Using PVA as a resist
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Living to work - Working to live. Gallery 1 - Textile Pieces. Tuesday, 17 April 2012. Using PVA as a resist. PVA Resist is a technique that I guess is best described as batik without the wax. Again, I found the technique described in Sew Wild, the book Daughter had bought me for my birthday. Of course the flip side to this is that I had to leave the fabric to dry over night! The wax dries almost instantly). Then when it had dried I applied Dy Na Flow paints liberally with a soft brush. On this sample you...
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An elegant sufficiency: January 2006
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Sunday, January 29, 2006. I seem to have been knitting these particular socks forever and am quite bored with them, I finally finished off the second toe just now and am pleased to be done. They are straightforward socks, following Lucy Neatby's pattern in Cool Socks Warm Feet. With a short row heel. The yarn is Opal sock wool in Sugar Almond Lilac. Posted by Gill at 3:31 pm. My aim to create something yesterday was achieved in a couple of hours of "secret knitting". Produces a podcast called. Yarn used ...
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Cre8ive Threads: Tempus Fugit
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Friday, 3 April 2009. This is my return to blog land after a very long and unintentional sabbatical. sorry but life seemed to just get in the way, you know how it is sometimes? Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things slowly ( if i can remember how to do all of this! I have tried to keep the old arthriticky. A gorgeous piece made from silk paper complete with ballet slippers . just beautiful. Sue is an accomplished master of felt, in particular carving of the industrial sort! Also beaded. A t...
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Cre8ive Threads: from the wish list
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Thursday, 26 June 2008. From the wish list. I forgot to mention yesterday this fantastic post card sent to me by my very talented lottery partner Alis. The photograph really doesn't do it justice as the textures are just so scrummy, the colours white and copper are beautiful together - right up my street. Thanks Alis. These two little beauties are an early birthday pressie, naughty really because i couldn't resist opening them and already they are looking 'well thumbed'! The new Maggie Grey. Cretan Stitc...
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Cre8ive Threads: March 2008
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Sunday, 2 March 2008. A little bit of confectionary thinking time . my dentist is going to love me! I need some dyed felt for my next project and prefer the all in one acid dyes, just sprinked on in a plastic bag with a little water then pop in the microwave for a few minutes, I have to add that I keep an old microwave for this purpose.I usually leave to cool before handling. A good day for drying. Links to this post. This was my result: I free machined a printed background with a vermicelli stitch, givi...
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Cre8ive Threads: Tickled Pink
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008. Not a lot to report on the creative front other than finishing off the beetroot dyed/recycled piece that I began a while ago. I added some little found feathers. Which were hellish to colour up because of their resistance to liquids (obviously! So ended up using markal sticks and just brushed the colour on with very light strokes. I quite like the results. Love the colour and the background, the feathers look ace! Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Saturday, May 03, 2008. Art of the stitch.
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The Celtic Year: March 2012
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Wednesday, 28 March 2012. Spam and word verification. Well we've just tried a little experiment over the last few weeks. We removed the need for word verification when posting a comment on the blog to help some readers who have great difficulty in reading the words they need to copy to post comments. Sadly the blog has been inundated by ridiculous Spam comments advertising medication and, believe it or not, porn. Thursday, 15 March 2012. 5 days 'til the Spring Equinox 2012: Light of the Earth. Blurry) la...
