tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91714767270635482522024-03-13T10:13:09.163-04:00Poems of Lace & EmbroideryGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-20526430565964506922012-01-31T21:14:00.002-05:002012-01-31T21:25:16.324-05:00EEC - circlesI've been trying out different ways to make these. This one looks best so far but I'm still not happy with it. I will try some other thread. My hardest part is making the stitches even. They turned out well on the half portion edge but going all around wasn't so good. I did some with a true buttonhole stitch, with the ridged edge on the outside and some with it inside. It seems to look better Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-92224053954311022432012-01-26T18:07:00.002-05:002012-01-26T18:11:36.688-05:00TAST Cretan StitchI could not get excited about this stitch and wasn't going to do it at all but then decided I should at least make the effort. I think it's too much like other stitches and didn't motivate me. I also tried to embroider the kind of stitch and you can see why I generally avoid that! So hopefully the next one will inspire more than this one.Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-69056554447008735182012-01-24T14:49:00.001-05:002012-01-24T15:03:45.504-05:00Karen had a video on ruching fabric recently. I wasn't planning on doing it and didn't really, but the idea of it enticed me to make a ruched flower. Actually, I was looking in my files for instructions on the Japanese Kanzashi Fabric Flower and found I had instructions for a ruched flower!So I tried it with some crushed voile that I had. This is the first attempt. I decided I made the bottom Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-10673136026773400652012-01-21T22:13:00.002-05:002012-01-21T22:38:34.642-05:00EEC Week 2I've stitched all the seams and am now working on the embroidery embellishments. I used perle cotton in size 5 and size 8 for both. I embroidered the Y stitch from TAST on this section and added the webstars. I still have a few to add. I've been considering some tiny buttons for the loops OR the prairie points. I've never had any trouble with this type of embroidery transfer pen not washing out.Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-55792783475681473592012-01-19T11:03:00.002-05:002012-01-19T11:15:36.983-05:00TAST - Feather StitchI didn't do a lot of variations on the Feather Stitch but I stitched enough to get the feel of it. I used the water soluable markers to draw some guiding lines but still found myself counting threads to get the spacing even. The curvy one was tricky. I didn't have the space to add more curvy lines with it but I think it would be good in different colors. The last one was a whim. I kept Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-89907040308652688742012-01-16T10:29:00.002-05:002012-01-16T10:41:40.147-05:00I found some cording at JoAnn's Fabrics and added some loops before I basted. Now I'm just waiting for inspiration. I ended up getting a lot of trims during my shopping. I'll use them on other pieces, I hope!I've done the embroidery Karen showed us so far in the past but not on a project like this so I need to practice a little first. I'm also getting ahead of myself. All I need to do right Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-12388246620563984112012-01-14T17:29:00.002-05:002012-01-14T17:47:39.078-05:00EEC Pinned for BastingI finally put together some pieces and pinned them. I'll ponder it a bit before I do the actual basting. In fact, I was just going to run into town for something and I think I'll run by JoAnn's and get some tiny white cording - or braid. It needs something besides the embroidery, I think.I love Karen's whitework but I don't have any confidence in my own skill! I keep wanting to add color Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-46244448896940145472012-01-14T06:00:00.000-05:002012-01-14T06:00:08.615-05:00TAST - Blanket StitchI only used half a page this time. I guess my stitches were more compact. Most of the samples are done in perle cotton size 8. This was actually listed as a buttonhole stitch but since I'd remembered reading somewhere that a true buttonhole stitch was actually different, I chose to call it blanket stitch. You can find a good explanation of the difference at at this website. Most serious Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-13667792989145524192012-01-13T12:52:00.000-05:002012-01-13T12:52:09.118-05:00EEC - week 1Embroider, Embellish and Create started this week! I've had fabrics out but after reading everything and watching the videos, I was prompted to look for more samples. I even ended up buying some new fabrics. Somewhere I have a storage tub of linens I set aside to upcycle. I need to find that now. Last night I laundered all the fabrics that hadn't been washed before. There were a couple of Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-64953534812483728292012-01-06T14:54:00.000-05:002012-01-06T14:55:10.285-05:00TAST - Fly StitchI've been having a hard time figuring out how I was going to use TAST (Take a Stitch Tuesday). I wanted a sampler of some sort, but not too formal and not too informal either. I didn't want to just do a length of fabric with stitches. I'd probably roll it up and put it away. I didn't want to do 52 separate projects either. I finally decided it will be a book with separate pages. The fabric I'm Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-40878658737798304332012-01-04T17:04:00.003-05:002012-01-04T17:14:08.841-05:00Fabric Postcard!Look what my lace friend Sally sent me! This is our February program and she's been working out the details. I was so surprised to get one! She mailed it through the regular mail but is looking for a small quantity of the clear cellophane envelopes that are usually used. I blurred out my address.Last night I saw the one she sent herself but didn't know I was getting one. I love the embroidery Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-45009061583219823612011-12-24T14:34:00.003-05:002011-12-24T14:44:27.018-05:00I forgot to scan the big Fat Cat embroidery!The pattern for this comes from HERE. It's from the DMC website.I embroidered a smaller version HERE but have since removed the whiskers. The big one will be made into a pillow too. It was a good oppotunity to use a variety of threads and a time or two, I even tried a different stitch from what was indicated. Eventually, when the 2nd pillow is made,Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-71284064910534833072011-12-16T15:05:00.001-05:002011-12-16T15:08:07.041-05:00Here's another 5 bells. I'm done for this year. They are quite small. I'm wondering if I should make a larger version next year but these are good for tree or package ornaments and card inserts.Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-84059043830695512402011-12-11T17:19:00.002-05:002011-12-11T17:28:12.847-05:00I finally finished the Hedgehog I'm going to teach. I wanted something more basic than what I did before which had a lot of added details. This group struggles with just the cord so I've got to come up with a refresher that will have an impact.I've been getting lots of pre-class info from Karen's Class. The benefit of seeing what the current class is doing is that you have a barrel-full of Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-61505480212289741732011-12-08T11:35:00.002-05:002011-12-08T11:38:26.928-05:00I finished this up this morning. I got a bit discouraged by all the "gaps" around the edges. I'll be keeping this one for reference. The original is done in white but I wondered if the little bow would really show up that way. I may try another one in white next year. My stitching should be better by then!Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-7519275075447968612011-12-01T05:02:00.003-05:002011-12-01T05:12:31.604-05:00Progress in RPLI've just started the stocking. I was going to make the white part more solid and may go back and do it over but I want to see how it looks lacy first. The second segment will be green and the bottom red. I'm already wanting to make a second one in different colors and filling stitches. It's about 4 1/2 inches tall so it's good size.I've actually done 3 of the 5 bells but these two are my Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-27083142932361132022011-11-22T16:00:00.002-05:002011-11-22T16:24:30.646-05:00RPLIf you read my blog in the past year, you may have seen the last version of this. I made up the pattern five times on one strip and then completed the needlelace bits one after the other. It went really fast. And they were so pretty - so I'm doing it again.This one is a stocking from Romanian Point Lace, Christmas Ornaments, Book #1 by Sylvia Murariu. I've done the tree and the trumpeting Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-57834537623502643422011-11-01T06:34:00.000-04:002011-11-01T06:34:36.985-04:00I got sidetracked this weekend while downsizing my fabric stash. This fabric has potential so I made a quick embroidery to see how it worked out. It needs to be damp-stretched but I also need to figure out exactly what I'm going to do with it. I think it will hold lavendar so I just need to figure out if it will be a cover bag or permanent bag. That means do I make it so that you can replace Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-22414007114494071552011-10-27T06:38:00.004-04:002011-10-27T16:36:29.994-04:00I'll take this off my pillow sometime today and insert it in a clear glass globe. I'm excited about how it turned out!This is a project I found for my lace group to do but Cathy K. is the one who reinterpreted it and made it possible. The class is at the next meeting. I met up with Cathy and another lace guild member, Sally, to do it ahead of time. The pattern is originally from Petra BehrendsGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-20855283887648390662011-10-17T19:49:00.002-04:002011-10-17T19:56:35.868-04:00Here he is! I decided to block him even though I don't typically see instructions for blocking RPL. I'm still looking for improvements. Maybe less foot detail? Sometimes simpler is better. I might do the white version without feet and see what I think. I can always add them later. I will probably change up the filling stitch on the back above and below the arch. I still like the arch there. I Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-6048575326458727012011-09-24T00:13:00.002-04:002011-09-24T00:23:55.645-04:00Petie the Hedgehog is still not done. He needs two more feet and a nose. And it's really a WIP. I intend to make the traditional white one and hopefully, the filling stitches will work out better. I forgot that RPL is done from the back side and it's when you take it off the base that you see the finished motif. Since I've already got the ear and eye on the back side, I guess that's the finished Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-21777886438410961042011-08-20T21:44:00.000-04:002011-08-20T21:45:24.461-04:00Dorset & Grindle ButtonsIn September, I'm presenting/teaching the program/class for my Lace Guild, recently renamed Lafayette Lacemakers, and it will be about Dorset Buttons. Dorset buttons were popular in the 1600's and 1700's as a cottage industry. They were typically made from the discs of the horns of Dorset Sheep. The technique evolved but with the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the 1800's, machine made Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-63913549565133009462011-08-18T22:19:00.002-04:002011-08-18T22:32:23.145-04:00Update on RPL HedgehogI spent way more time this evening on a single filling than I needed to. I meant to scan this before I started the second filling and then forgot. The top filling is new for me and I'm not overly happy with the way it turned out. I'll leave it since I plan on doing more versions of this happy critter, mostly to have a sample of that particular filling stitch.
Tonight I stitched the center Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-62624867823959070432011-08-15T01:43:00.003-04:002011-08-15T01:59:05.769-04:00Here's the next phase. I used a fan braid for the back and added a loop in the middle instead of leaving it wide open. I couched it down differently. I'd been watching some videos of RPL on the Lace News YouTube Channel and found a series on RPL in a different language. I have no idea what was being said but I did notice the braid was held in place by stitching through the center instead of Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171476727063548252.post-37770583403927418792011-08-11T22:07:00.002-04:002011-08-11T22:34:32.036-04:00I've been wanting to design a RPL hedgehog for several weeks now. I found some instructions about drawing the basic shape, drew one, and then I scanned it.
Then I inserted the scan into a word document and adjusted the frame twice to get two different sizes. I still have the original so I can continue to tweak it if needed. I decided to use the smaller of the two for this project.
I've also Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com1