Elizabeth Braun of Sew in Love showed us how to work wired, detached elements for stumpwork, such as these poppy petals. Now she shows us how to integrate those wired elements into the work. ItR…
Aha! I bet you thought I’d given up on expanding my video library of hand embroidery stitches! I finally managed to re-video (if that’s a word) turkey work! Turkey work, also called ghiordes knot, is an embroidery technique that creates a plush pile. It’s great for dimensional embroidery, stumpwork, and the like. I’ve seen many ...
for a change... I know the year has only just begun but I've decided an indefinite bloggy break might just be in order I plan to concentrate more on my Etsy shop and spend less time online and more time in making mode I've been blogging for a number of years now and have throughly enjoyed every minute of it I've been part of some amazing swaps, online challenges and chatter I'll still pop by your blogs for a visit I just won't be updating my own! Thank you for having me in this wonderful community Have a fab 2013 and more Margaret
partager la passion de la broderie d'embellissement enseignée par Léa Stansal depuis 2004
Hi Everyone! I love being published but the downside is that when I am working on things for future publication, I can't blog about them. ...
Hello my dear friends, today I am so excited to share my latest free tutorial with you! It is the how to make my seam binding roses. They are easy to make and look so beautiful and you could use them for so many different things. This is going to be a longer post since I have taken many photos so you can see everything really well. Please note that I did not design how to make these roses ~ I am only showing you how I make mine. This is what you will need: ~ Fabric or the piece you want to embellish ~ Seam binding ~ A large needle for the seam binding ~ An embroidery needle for either embroidery floss or strong thread ~ Embroidery floss or strong thread in the color of your seam binding ~ A sewing needle and thread (to sew the pearls onto the rose) ~ Pearls/beads for the centers of the roses ~ Embroidery hoop ~ Scissors ~ Pencil or disappearing quilt marker (when using velvet I use a fine tip Sharpie pen) ~ Coins or small round objects (for the size of the rose) ~ Piece of lace or doily (if you wish) And now you can start ... Using your pencil or marker draw a circle onto you fabric where you would like the rose to be. (When I used velvet I had to use a fine Sharpie pen to draw with.) Mark 5 dots as if you were to draw a 5 pointed star. Now place your fabric in the embroidery hoop that is nice and taught. Double thread your smaller embroidery needle with your embroidery floss or strong thread and knot at the end. Now stitch a 'star' into the circle using the dots as guidance. Secure the thread in the back well and cut the thread off. Next ... thread your large needle with a length of seam binding and knot it at the end. I think that I thread about 30 inches/75 cms when I make my large roses. I always have a leftover piece of seam binding once the rose is done but I would rather have too long a piece than a piece that is too short. I just hold on to my leftovers and use them in other projects. Hold your hoop and from the back stitch through your fabric close to the center of the thread star. (This can be difficult at times because of the size of the needle with the seam binding so be careful and tug gently until it goes through.) Now twirl your needle around a few times so the the seam binding curls but not too much. If your seam binding becomes flat again whilst making it, twirl the needle a few times again. Now the 'growing of the rose' starts ... (sorry for the bad picture) ... you are going to weave your seam binding into your thread star by either going over or under the thread alternately. I like my larger roses to be very full so I try and use as much seam binding as I can that is on my needle. You can make your roses of course as full as you like - just don't over fill it! When you are at the end pull your needle through the fabric by going slightly under the rose and make a knot. Make sure you carefully push your knot towards the fabric to tighten it but don't pull too hard or you will ruin your rose. Cut the seam binding off leaving a small tail. I like to take the needle and thread and secure the knot with a few small stitches to prevent it from reopening which it sometimes can because the seam binding is quite smooth. And now your rose is almost done. The only thing left is to sew the pearls into the center of the rose. For this take your sewing needle and thread it with strong thread and knot the end. Now going through the center of the back of the rose, firstly fold the 'ribbon tails' over each other and push your needle through them. Once your needle is through to the front center of the rose, thread a pearl into the needle, position the pearl in the center of the rose and then go back through the rose. Do this 3 times and then secure the thread and cut it off. Now your rose is finished! If you wish to embroider your rose onto a small tattered piece of lace or old doily, this is how I do it ... Start by drawing your circle and marking it with your 5 dots onto a strip of muslin. Next center the area and slip stitch your lace/doily piece over it so that you drawing is on the back and visible to you and then place it into your embroidery hoop. Now continue as you would before ~ as above. Once your rose is completed, carefully cut it out leaving a circle of muslin under the rose slightly smaller than the rose but beware not to go too close to the stitches! Again your rose is now completed! I work very hard on my tutorials and take many photos too in hope that it will help you lovely bloggers, even those that have never created before, to be able to learn how to create a little something. I hope you have enjoyed today's tutorial ~ maybe you will try it out one day. I would love for you to visit me here at Todolwen some time again. I hope you are well and life is treating you kind my dear friends. Have a peaceful and creative day, Karen B.
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Each year when the Lavender Festival is over, I share the items I brought back home with me. Although sales were awesome this time, and the crowds were pretty much constant, I did still have some inventory left. So for those of you that live too far away to visit the fesitval, here you go! :) You may see all silk ribbon embroidery pillows on my shop blog --- here. Have blessed day, Lana
Here are some of the works I am most proud of. For a more complete gallery, go to my Flicker Photostream (shown on the bottom of this page). For my works that are available for sale, check out my Etsy Shop. You may also request a price list for all the items I offer for custom orders. You can find descriptions and details for the following fiber works of art on Flicker. I also invite you to see my Etsy shop, Fiberluscious, which of course has my most current and available works. Just to catch up a bit, I'm going to pop in a bunch of my most favorite pincushions and needle cases. Please contact me if you are interested in knowing more about them~ I explored silk a few years ago. I was asked to create a pear with silk. I added ribbon embroidery and crystals. These are some of the most elegant works I've ever created and I am so proud of them. Here are a few embroidered items where the fabric provided the design for the embroidery. How lovely that is! Don't feel that you need to stay inside the lines. Its best when you vary the colors and add a few of your own elements. I added the hummingbird to this pattern before I started to stitch. Then simply embroider over your lines and meld the pattern into your sketch. You can see that I love this humming bird! Please note that the fabric used in this pear is no longer available. I am searching for a replacement but have not found one...yet! Applique- Here are a few more pincushions with a touch of class- Its been a while since I've had time to play with this design. Oh how I wish the world would stop turning for just a day so I have time to play a little bit more. This little beauty helped my blog to go from no visitors to over 100 in less than a month! Thanks to a few of my favorite blog sisters at The Sewing Loft and 44th Street Fabrics, this little pincushion made a big splash. Who would have figured... Here are some fun fabric combinations that followed. Then I got a bit carried away... A simple change like removing the sections and a bit of embroidery will give you this! I create so many strawberries through out the year. You may order individually. I can only take 3 per order. Here are a few of what I've made in the past... I wish I had more time to explore Needle cases. Here are a few of my favorites. I have a few one of a kind designs to share with you too. I love patchwork. I'm still learning, but that doesn't stop me from designing. I enjoy the challenge! Working with wool is wonderful. Where do I start?! These cashmere charmers come in 14 colors! How about wool brooches and strawberries... I love them too! Here are some fun designs on linen. Most of these ideas came from my wonderful clients! I love their creativity! My Summer Garden on Linen is never the same twice! Check out my tutorial series on this blog for step by step instructions on how to make one of your own! How about some hearts? These are some of my Crazy Patch Creations- Applique I love doilies! Here are a few of my all time favorite tiara's and crowns. I don't make them anymore but I do miss the creative challenge. I hope to get back to them some day, In the meantime, enjoy these! I have a fun post with more ideas on my Sew Old Sew New Blog. Just click here to read, "I Dub Thee, Queen of the Amazing You!" A Tribute to Mom The "Once Upon A Time" Tiara The Queen of the Kitchen The Goddess of the Garden Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries To learn how to make these fun tiaras, register for the Stitched Video Workshops. I'm one of 20 artists teaching 20 different stitching workshops. Learn how to make awesome fabric flowers, sweet "heartstrings", a cute baby quilt and much more. Click on the Stitched logo to the right to find Alma Stoller's registration page. The single cost for all 20 workshops is $89. So much wonderfulness for one registration! My Apple Pincushions are my pride and joy! Its so much fun to match fabrics to each type of apple. These never lasted long in my Etsy Shop. I am no longer able to stitch with perle cotton on batik or quilting cotton. It just is too hard on these old fingers of mine. So I thought I would share them here! You may order a version with sewn on trims, applique or minimal embroidery if you like. These were a few of the more elaborate apples I made when my shop was much less busy and my fingers were not so achy. The Granny Smith The Honeycrisp with hand dyed fabric. The Pink Lady this the paisley version. I have some cute ruffled editions of the lady as well. The Winesap one of my newest. The Civil War Winesap I love this pincushion but alas, all the embroidery on this odd shape is so very hard on my hands. This was the last of this design I was able to make. It has been featured on numerous blogs and websites so I get a lot of requests for it. I am afraid to say that I will no longer be offering this pincushion. It was a beauty while it lasted! The Bosc Pear- Crazy Quilted- Here are my Painting with Thread pincushions. They are have lots of hidden features that cater to the working stitcher- Emery pocket, non-poke hidden panel, needle sharpening wool and of course, the stitched images on top. The Night Owl My Pincushion Rings are also one of my favorite cushions. Each one is a little work of art. Here is my Elegant Strawberry Series. I think these are the ultimate sewer's gift. Who wouldn't feel honored getting one of these? If your tastes are less fancy, try my Simple Strawberries Here are a few of my Soft Wool Pincushions. I just love the feel of them... Gray Cashmere
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Stumpwork cricket and vintage crescent moon button.
My friends, my friends! If you have been embroidering for even a little while, you’ve probably encountered metallic threads. And if you’ve encountered metallic threads, you’ve probably encountered the Unending Frustration that goes with them! For hand embroidery, metallics are always problematic, it seems – more so when you’re doing surface embroidery, free of a ...
The next flower to be tackled on this second side of the Elizabethan stumpwork bag (from the book ‘Festive Elizabethan Creations’, by Shirley Holdaway) was a bluebell. Basically, they a…
My new passion next to weaving is embroidery. I have start making it again and also collectiong items, especially white in white embroidery....
Comme d'habitude , je n'ai pas eu le temps de visiter la totalité des expositions du salon Pour l'Amour du Fil ... Mais j'ai eu la chance de voir "Universe" de Fumiko Nakayama . ( j'ai essayé de trouver un blog , un site ... Peut-être que l'une d'entre...
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The Crazy Quilt Journal Project is a year long commitment to create 1 block each month which will be assembled into a large project at the year's end. I am making a Christmas tree skirt.
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Blog of Susan Elliott where she shares her life through her needlework and photography.
Here are some of the works I am most proud of. For a more complete gallery, go to my Flicker Photostream (shown on the bottom of this page). For my works that are available for sale, check out my Etsy Shop. You may also request a price list for all the items I offer for custom orders. You can find descriptions and details for the following fiber works of art on Flicker. I also invite you to see my Etsy shop, Fiberluscious, which of course has my most current and available works. Just to catch up a bit, I'm going to pop in a bunch of my most favorite pincushions and needle cases. Please contact me if you are interested in knowing more about them~ I explored silk a few years ago. I was asked to create a pear with silk. I added ribbon embroidery and crystals. These are some of the most elegant works I've ever created and I am so proud of them. Here are a few embroidered items where the fabric provided the design for the embroidery. How lovely that is! Don't feel that you need to stay inside the lines. Its best when you vary the colors and add a few of your own elements. I added the hummingbird to this pattern before I started to stitch. Then simply embroider over your lines and meld the pattern into your sketch. You can see that I love this humming bird! Please note that the fabric used in this pear is no longer available. I am searching for a replacement but have not found one...yet! Applique- Here are a few more pincushions with a touch of class- Its been a while since I've had time to play with this design. Oh how I wish the world would stop turning for just a day so I have time to play a little bit more. This little beauty helped my blog to go from no visitors to over 100 in less than a month! Thanks to a few of my favorite blog sisters at The Sewing Loft and 44th Street Fabrics, this little pincushion made a big splash. Who would have figured... Here are some fun fabric combinations that followed. Then I got a bit carried away... A simple change like removing the sections and a bit of embroidery will give you this! I create so many strawberries through out the year. You may order individually. I can only take 3 per order. Here are a few of what I've made in the past... I wish I had more time to explore Needle cases. Here are a few of my favorites. I have a few one of a kind designs to share with you too. I love patchwork. I'm still learning, but that doesn't stop me from designing. I enjoy the challenge! Working with wool is wonderful. Where do I start?! These cashmere charmers come in 14 colors! How about wool brooches and strawberries... I love them too! Here are some fun designs on linen. Most of these ideas came from my wonderful clients! I love their creativity! My Summer Garden on Linen is never the same twice! Check out my tutorial series on this blog for step by step instructions on how to make one of your own! How about some hearts? These are some of my Crazy Patch Creations- Applique I love doilies! Here are a few of my all time favorite tiara's and crowns. I don't make them anymore but I do miss the creative challenge. I hope to get back to them some day, In the meantime, enjoy these! I have a fun post with more ideas on my Sew Old Sew New Blog. Just click here to read, "I Dub Thee, Queen of the Amazing You!" A Tribute to Mom The "Once Upon A Time" Tiara The Queen of the Kitchen The Goddess of the Garden Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries To learn how to make these fun tiaras, register for the Stitched Video Workshops. I'm one of 20 artists teaching 20 different stitching workshops. Learn how to make awesome fabric flowers, sweet "heartstrings", a cute baby quilt and much more. Click on the Stitched logo to the right to find Alma Stoller's registration page. The single cost for all 20 workshops is $89. So much wonderfulness for one registration! My Apple Pincushions are my pride and joy! Its so much fun to match fabrics to each type of apple. These never lasted long in my Etsy Shop. I am no longer able to stitch with perle cotton on batik or quilting cotton. It just is too hard on these old fingers of mine. So I thought I would share them here! You may order a version with sewn on trims, applique or minimal embroidery if you like. These were a few of the more elaborate apples I made when my shop was much less busy and my fingers were not so achy. The Granny Smith The Honeycrisp with hand dyed fabric. The Pink Lady this the paisley version. I have some cute ruffled editions of the lady as well. The Winesap one of my newest. The Civil War Winesap I love this pincushion but alas, all the embroidery on this odd shape is so very hard on my hands. This was the last of this design I was able to make. It has been featured on numerous blogs and websites so I get a lot of requests for it. I am afraid to say that I will no longer be offering this pincushion. It was a beauty while it lasted! The Bosc Pear- Crazy Quilted- Here are my Painting with Thread pincushions. They are have lots of hidden features that cater to the working stitcher- Emery pocket, non-poke hidden panel, needle sharpening wool and of course, the stitched images on top. The Night Owl My Pincushion Rings are also one of my favorite cushions. Each one is a little work of art. Here is my Elegant Strawberry Series. I think these are the ultimate sewer's gift. Who wouldn't feel honored getting one of these? If your tastes are less fancy, try my Simple Strawberries Here are a few of my Soft Wool Pincushions. I just love the feel of them... Gray Cashmere
Kay Dennis is a pivotal figure in the education of traditional Stumpwork embroidery. We caught up with her to talk about her career.
The couture house Boue' Soeurs was never known for its innovations. They made frankly pretty, but conventional clothes for wealthy ladies, and did so successfully from 1899 when they established themselves in Paris, through the first World War, when they moved to New York; making them the first couture house to operate on American soil, and into the 30s. Sylvie, and Jeanne Boue' built a business that was nearly entirely about special occasions. They didn't worry about walking suits, or traveling clothes. Their metier was extravagance, luxury. So it was only natural that they were called upon often to make court presentation clothing. This effort of their house was created in 1928, and bears so many of the signatures of their work that it was only natural to present it to you. It comes to us from the vast, and varied collection at the Metropolitan Museum of New York. Many thanks to them, and their conservators for caring so well for this. But lets begin underneath it all. This is the under-slip with its built in panniers that was one of the hallmarks of their design style. Made up in cream silk chiffon, the slip has two pairs of celluloid pieces on either side to create, and support the distinctive shape. The dress has large insertions of real silver lame', (now tarnished), as part of a dress of silk organdy. The gown is embroidered over its surface with a narrow metallic cord in a floral, and foliate design. The dress is further decorated with another of the house's signature techniques, ribbon work. Looping swags of silk ribbon roses, bud and leaves are worked in multiple colors over the skirt, in relief, and in volume, and on the silver lame' regulation length train. The shoulder attaching train has an over-layer of organdy cut in large deep points, and embroidered, like the dress, in foliate forms out of metallic cord. By 1928, such looks as this one, with its side panniers of the Robe de Style fashion, had become passe', and the sleeker, leaner looks that would dominate the 30s began to emerge. So this dress, though undeniably lovely, was an idea on its way out, already supplanted by other forms. In that, there is a subtle subtext. We are looking here, not only at a dress who's idea had already passed, but a physical symbol of a way of life that was rapidly vanishing. By the mid 1950s the official English court presentation levy would be gone, never to return. Its interesting to note that in the bequest of this gown to the Met, there was included both the rhinestoned headache band headdress, with the requisite 3 ostrich plumes, and also the required ostrich feather fan. A fragile and beautiful thing, meant for one time, and one time only. We can just hope that the lady who wore it, felt as beautiful inside, as this dress intended to make her look outside. As a final aside, to give you an idea of just how many of these things they turned out, here's another court presentation dress from the same year. This dress is also in the Met collection. There are certainly differences in the design, from one to the other, but the materials, types of techniques and decorations are the same. Organdy, chiffon, lame', ribbonwork flowers, thin metallic cord, shoulder mount train, panniers. It was clearly an easy, go to look for them.
Stitch Trish Burr's Pansies in this stitch along. We tackle all the hurdles of needle painting together!
Blog of Susan Elliott where she shares her life through her needlework and photography.
