tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72379632176436386842024-03-05T07:41:51.158-08:00ABrownsDesignsEmbroidery and Textile Arts
Descriptions of Designs and Techniques ABrowns Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786075787861027566noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237963217643638684.post-41909227763172763592020-05-06T12:24:00.000-07:002020-05-07T08:20:18.944-07:00Spring Flowers<br />
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It's spring again and there are lots of
wild flowers starting to bloom here. I usually get inspired to make a
flower embroidery in the spring. This spring I made a bookmark of the
nodding onion. I'm getting ready to plant flowers in the garden now
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The Nodding Onion or sweet onion is a
wild plant native to western Canada. The bunches of nodding pink
flowers bloom from May to July. The fresh leaves and flowers of the
nodding onion have a mild taste like chives. They are a traditional
food of Northwest Coast First Nations. The bulbs were steamed in pits
and braided into strings like garlic or pounded into cakes and dried.
Nodding onion bulbs are usually harvested in the early spring before
flowering. The bulbs can be confused with death camas but are safely
identified by the distinct smell of onion.</div>
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The design was quick and simple to
stitch. It took only a few hours to stitch. The flower is made up of
rows of double running stitches with a single chain stitch on each
end and a couple straight stitches. The stem is worked in a double
chain stitch. The leaves are done in broad stem stitch. They were
very quick to stitch but the leaves are a little too thick. Onion
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The edging is two rows of blanket
stitch. One is facing the outside and the other is facing the inside.
Using the two different colours gives a striped look. The solid line
around the inside gives the edging a more finished look than a single
row of blanket stitches. The picture shows how I worked around
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I'm making another floral piece now
that looks very different from this one. I will have that one in the
next blog. The main project that I have been working on is for the
Penticton Arts Council. Speckles the Chicken a downloadable pattern for beginners
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<br />ABrowns Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786075787861027566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237963217643638684.post-38283091004027997462020-04-22T08:44:00.001-07:002020-04-22T08:45:26.506-07:00Stitch Challenge<br />
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In the last few weeks so much more is
happening online. I've been taking part in the Community Stitch
Challenge on Facebook. It is being put on by Sue Stone and
textileartist.org. Each week there is a free workshop and Question
and Answer session with a needle worker. My favorite workshops so
far have been the ones by Cas Holmes and Emily Tull.</div>
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After watching the Cas Holmes challenge
I made the teapot. Cas showed us how she uses paper and found objects
in her needle work collages. I've not done embroidery on paper before
but it seems to be getting very popular now. I see lots of pictures
online of embroidered gift cards and embroidery done on top
photographs. After sewing the collage she stitches it onto a piece of
stiff watercolor paper. It holds the piece flat and stiff and looks
like it would make the work ready for framing.<br />
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The Teapot is a collage made of several
different types of fabric and papers. I choose to embroider the
teapot because I wish that it could have stayed longer. The handle
got broken off right after I brought it home so it has to go. It was
a little surprising how many people choose a tea pot or tea cup as
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Tull. Emily Tull mainly does portraits and she showed us all how she
observes and draws the eye. Then uses the drawing to embroider the
eye. The results were really impressive. Almost everyone posted a
nicely done eye. Many people commented that it was the best eye they
had ever made.</div>
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Stone and by Richard McVetis. This week the challenge is by Emily Jo
Gibbs. If you want to check it out all the workshops are still
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<a href="https://maiwa.com/">Maiwa's</a> on Granville Island, Vancouver
BC has moved the supply store online. They sell a huge range of
supplies for textile artists the main focus being on dying. They have some embroidery supplies including Japanese Sashiko Thread and
Soie d'Alger Silk Thread. They have a large supply of natural fiber
fabrics and blanks that would be great for embroidery. The supply store also
carries supplies for felting, knitting, sewing and other textile
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<br />ABrowns Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786075787861027566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237963217643638684.post-22691382664888240712020-04-04T16:46:00.000-07:002020-04-22T08:57:30.795-07:00How to print a design on tissue paperThis year I took part in the Embroidery Association of Canada's Bookmark Exchange. I designed this bookmark with a swirl pattern on it. The blend of colours gives the piece a nautical look.<br />
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With a mirror design like this I prefer to draw only a quarter or a half of it by hand. Then do the rest of the work on the computer. I can copy and flip the image so that both sides are exactly the same and it's nicely centered. It makes it easier and the design is all ready to print out.<br />
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It looked difficult to copy the design on to the cloth. The cloth would be hard to see through and it is very close to the same colour as the water soluble ink. I've copied designs on to tissue paper before and sewed through the paper. Tissue paper is soft and thin making it easy to sew through. This method also works good for pieces that can't get wet.<br />
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So could I use the printer to print it onto the tissue paper? I tried cutting out the tissue paper to size of a sheet of copy paper. It looked like it was working at first. Then just before it spit the paper out. The paper got sucked back into the machine again.<br />
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I cut out another piece of tissue paper. I taped it to a sheet of printer paper to make it thicker and heavier. Just one small piece of tape on each side. It went right through the printer and I got a good copy. The printed lines are clear, dark and they won't wear off like pencil. It won't stress or tear the paper like a pen.<br />
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I basted around the outside edge to hold the paper in place and mark out the lines for the edging later. I stitched the basic lines of the pattern. The lines are straight and there is lots of free space. The paper starts to fall off by the time the stitching is done. This may not work for a complex design the tissue paper can break up and start to fall apart too soon. once the stitching is done. Stretch the cloth and move it around to loosen the paper and pick out what doesn't fall out with a pair of tweezers.<br />
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After the paper was removed I added the rest of the detail and filled in the circles.<br />
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I wanted the piece to be covered on the back. I basted the front piece to the backing fabric before doing the edge. For the edging I did a row of blanket stitch through both pieces of fabric. Then carefully cut out the bookmark around the blanket stitch.<br />
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<br />ABrowns Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786075787861027566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237963217643638684.post-38949901527070233862020-03-22T04:20:00.000-07:002020-03-22T04:31:52.915-07:00Welcome Back<br />
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I haven't been on the blog for about a year. So what have I been
doing. I finished the Design for Embroidery course from the
Embroidery Association of Canada. I got my work published in
Embroidery Canada Magazine. At home my garden has gotten a lot bigger
and I have been doing renovations in the front room. Creating a
better place to embroider and use the computer.
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This is the final project from the Beginners Crewel Embroidery Course. It was in the spring edition of Embroidery Canada 2019. I haven't put a picture of it on the blog before this. The design was made in the fall using a Halloween theme. It shows off a variety of stitches and techniques I learned during the course.</div>
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These are some pictures of the pieces that I made during the Design for Embroidery Course.</div>
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The first one is a small quilted sampler using
a piece of eyelet lace sewn between two pieces thin material.<br />
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The last piece is a sampler from the lesson on positive and negative
space. While taking the course I enjoyed reading a lot of interesting books about embroidery, art and design.
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Over the winter I've been sorting through and organizing my supplies.
It's a small space and I'm trying to figure out what will fit in the
front. The weather is warming up now and I'll be able to continue
with the renovations over the summer. I've got a few more projects
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Here is another piece that I completed for the design course. The point was to design a colour scheme and then use it in a piece of embroidery. This circle is 8 inches I thought about making the circle smaller the design seemed to be a bit too crowded then. I think it needs some decoration around the edge not just a blanket stitch. It doesn't really look like it's finished yet.<br />
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I did the darker green outline first to put an edge around the area to be filled in. Then I could follow the line around when doing the border. The outline and the center are filled with long and short stitch. As I worked in each line of stitches I drew the curl on top of the threads.<br />
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This started off as an experiment to see how whipped running stitch would look as a filling stitch. In the rectangle it gave the design a woven look. These pieces looked best when viewed from a few feet away so the colours blend together. When viewed up close the running stitch base stands out more. I made the brooch as an after thought and finished it is 1’’ by 1 3/4’’.</span><span style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal">
I worked the running stitches for the whole rectangle first
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The whipping was done afterwards. I used the same blue as the background for the top. I used variegated threads for the rest. When I was done I took a look at the four pieces together. I was most interested in the blue variegated rectangle. I thought it was a nice scene and would be a good size for a brooch.</div>
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To make the brooch I had to cut the pieces up to cut out the rectangle but decided that it was worth it. I snipped the
corners off to reduce bulk and cut out a cardboard and a felt rectangle the same size as the
embroidery. The fabric is strung over the cardboard as described in my post
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I have finished all the tree stems and all the large branches that need to be completed before the rest of background. I’ve gotten to the point where some problems are starting to show up. The building, the tree tops and the fence post all look a little crooked. The door and the hill stick out too much. I can see a few little fixes I could easily make. I'm not sure which one is affecting the piece the most.<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><br />
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I went back and looked at the scan of the drawing I made the pattern from. I circled all the areas of the picture that stuck out and made a few notes on how I could improve the look. I went through and made the changes shown below. Overall it did make the design look a lot better.<br />
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The yellow ochre hill is way to bright. First I tried to tone it down with white thinking it would look like patches of snow. That made the
hill look even brighter. Using the same green as the trash can I made straight stitches on the hill. These look like trees growing on the hill. This toned it down a bit and added some texture instead of being a large block of color. </div>
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The light brown fence post looks a little crooked. The light colors on top of the post don't blend in. I took these light lines out. Widened the
post at the top and finished it off so the stitching at the top was straight.</div>
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This is the second post about this piece. In the first post I got the piece started up to where the black outlines were done. Today I will continue on filling in the foreground. Starting with the fences and moving back to fill in the side of the house. Both <span style="text-align: center;">fences and the house are filled in by blending two colours of threads together. This is also referred to as tweeding. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The brown fence was done in a satin stitch. Blending the colours gives the fence a multi-coloured look. The brown fence is filled in with satin stitch through the spaces between boards the grey fence showed. I used a darker grey here and the same grey along the bottom of the horizontal board. I used a split stitch to fill in the horizontal board to make it stand out from the boards behind it. The colours didn't blend quite as nicely in the grey fence as the brown fence.</span><br />
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Next, I filled in the tools and details on the wall. It made
the wall easier to fill in with the edges clearly defined. The edges are mostly
outlined with split stitch. The finer lines are done with straight stitch. I
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The building was the most fun to fill in. I used many different shades of brown blended together. Switching back and forth between one pair and another making the side of the building many combinations of colours.<br />
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In the next post I will be filling in the roof and starting on the trees and branches surrounding the building.ABrowns Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786075787861027566noreply@blogger.com0Olalla, BC V0X 1N6, Canada49.260835 -119.8287619999999823.7388005 -161.13735599999998 74.7828695 -78.520167999999984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237963217643638684.post-923994471384228182019-01-19T11:09:00.001-08:002019-01-19T12:12:06.247-08:00Italian Corded Quilting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This piece is done in Italian corded quilting. A decorative
form of quilting commonly used to for Celtic knot work. Two pieces of cloth are
quilted together and a raised design is made by threading cords between the
lines of quilting. I sewed this piece for the design for embroidery course that
I am taking from the Embroidery Association of Canada. The piece measures 6
inches from one side to the other. It is made with natural linen cloth for the
front and white cotton for the back. The quilting was done with DMC flower
thread and candle wicking cotton used for the cording. I was a little disappointed
how plain the piece looked when I was finished with it. I still think that it would make a nice hot
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This type of work is sewed on the backside so the pattern is
copied on the back piece of fabric. In this design it makes no difference but
the design will be reversed on the front side. I tried to copy the pattern using my water-soluble
pen. It finally ran out of ink after having it forever. I use it so often. I
need to replace it as soon as possible. I settled for a pencil to draw the
picture on the piece of cloth. This is not a good practice especially with such
light color fabric and thread. The color can rub off on the thread most of it
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important to make sure the line stay as straight as possible and an even width
apart so that the cord fits evenly. The pictures above show the order that I quilted the lines in. The picture below is the finished quilting.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Below shows the candle wicking cotton being threaded between the two lines of quilting. I started with 6 strands which barely showed on the surface and kept increasing them until I was using 10 strands. It is important when turning the corners to leave a little extra thread to keep the corners from losing their shape. The finished piece is shown at the top</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">.</span><br />
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Summer got very busy this year building gardens and getting set up in my new location. I have some time to get back to work now and would like to start by getting this one finished. I'm done more than I'll show you today but I have taken pictures all the way along so there will be more to come later.</div>
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I started this piece in the spring inspired by the view from my window challenge put on by the San Francisco School of Needlework At first I didn't even really think I had much of a view out my window just some walls and fences. When I took a closer look at what was over the fence I could see an old style house back under the trees with old tools lined up along the edge of it. With a little less fence and some more of the trees and sky it did make a nice subject for a landscape scene.<br />
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I took a bunch of pictures first then made a sketch based on the pictures. I scanned the sketch onto the computer to crop and size. Then darkened all the lines for a print out that could be traced on a light board. I have had better success this way. I've tried tracing pictures off the computer monitor but ran into a few problems with the work sliding around too much. A tablet makes it much easier than a laptop or desktop computer. The work can be held around the back with masking tape and it can be moved around to a better position for drawing. I've found it useful sometimes for small simple designs that can be traced quickly. Designs that take longer to copy can get in the way of using the computer for anything else until the tracing is done. Depending how long it takes this can get very annoying.<br />
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I selected a range of colors for the picture. I will not be using all of these. I wanted to narrow my choices and still have extra colors to choose from. Some may look a bit different when I try them in the embroidery. </div>
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I started with the black lines first using a split stitch. Many of the lines went almost straight across the piece making good base lines to work from and outlining some large areas making them easy to fill in. I am not going to outline the whole picture in black it would get messy once I got to the trees. The black lines are spaces between the boards that appear black in the picture.</div>
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I moved on to adding color with an outline around the brown fence. This outlined will make the top and sides of the boards stand out when the fence is filled in.</div>
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I've got pictures of the finished embroidering and assembling of the biscornu. Sewing the biscornu together went so fast it was amazing. <br />
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I decided in the end not to embroider the circle around the edge. I'm glad I did because it was so close to the edge. It would have looked distorted when I sewed it together. Below is the finished embroidery on the front and the back.<br />
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To assemble the biscornu fold the seam allowance under and pin all the way around. Line the pieces up so the edges are in the middle. Sew the two pieces together half way across. Fold the fabric around the corner and keep working around this way. Stop at the last side and fill with the stuffing. <br />
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Use a dense filling and stuff it in tight making sure that it gets into the corners. Finish off the seam around. Then sew a button on the front through one on the back to hold the whole thing together. I included a picture of it propped up to show how the design looks on the side. <br />
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ABrowns Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786075787861027566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237963217643638684.post-43458427433987443392018-02-28T18:16:00.000-08:002018-02-28T18:16:59.454-08:00Poppy Biscornu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A biscornu is a pin cushion made of two squares of fabric. The squares are offset and when sewn together make a hexagon shape. I will give the instructions on how to sew it together in the next post along with pictures of the finished embroideries. The square is 4 inches. I am about half way done the embroidery on the topside. The bottom will have minimal amount of embroidery with just a small poppy on each corner.<br />
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The pair of leaves in each corner is accented by a small yellow circle beneath. The leaves are done in long and short stitch and the circle is done in satin stitch. </div>
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The outline of the Celtic Knot is done in whipped back stitch. I did the back stitch first trying to keep the stitches the same size so the twists would be the same distance apart. The longer the back stitches the farther apart the twists will be.</div>
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The filling is first stitched over in chain stitch. I used several strands of thread to make the stitches thick so they would stand up above the outline. I worked the Satin stitch from one side to the other giving the filling a rounded look. All I have left now is the flowers and the assembly. I hope to have the finished project posted soon.</div>
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Here are some vegetables that are more readily available in the winter time. A yellow onion and a bunch of watercress. The onion is done in long and short stitch with outline stitch and stem stitch. The watercress is done in stem stitch and broad stem stitch with couching and satin stitch in the leaves.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-5aL7WoVjIRIW2Jg2Vxmzm-LK2vV_SDjTi9hvyBTKm_Jp084I23oTwct1iLtTuZ4-SLoeMYGQq7_Nz44JaDFm_BHRCmdKOB3fUvFm7JY3kZ6AH8841Bs2u9HxGCaL5w8YxVPljV7SeID/s1600/onion_shaded.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1501" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-5aL7WoVjIRIW2Jg2Vxmzm-LK2vV_SDjTi9hvyBTKm_Jp084I23oTwct1iLtTuZ4-SLoeMYGQq7_Nz44JaDFm_BHRCmdKOB3fUvFm7JY3kZ6AH8841Bs2u9HxGCaL5w8YxVPljV7SeID/s200/onion_shaded.jpg" width="187" /></a><span style="text-align: center;">I traced the onion on to the fabric. Then drew guidelines to show the direction of the stitches. I worked from the darkest part of the onion towards the lightest part. When I switched to a lighter colour I did a few rows with one strand of the lighter and one strand of the darker colour mixed together.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The tie on the bunch was worked first since I wanted it to look like it was in front of the stalks. I used the stem stitch done with two strands of wool. The stalks were worked in broad stem stitch. I filled in the stalks that looked like they would be in the front first and went along filling in every second stalk. Then filling the spaces up with the remaining stalks. </span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">As I switched to the darker green I started working the ones in the front first again. As I climbed up the stalks I couched the outline of the smaller leaves. This way I had an edge to end the stems going behind the leaves. </span><br />
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The small leaves are filled in with satin stitches. The larger leaves are couched around the same as the small leaves. The satin stitches go halfway across leaf and meet in the middle. The join is covered later with straight stitches showing the veins in the leaf.<br />
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They are made in the same way as making a needle lace bar covered with buttonhole stitch and picots along it. First make three loops in the edge of the material. Start to cover the bar in buttonhole stitch. After about 5 stitches make the picot. These pictures show the start of the loop and the bullion picot. Wrap the thread around the needle and pull it through making a rounded knot. <br />
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If the number of wraps on the bullion knot is increased the picot will be larger. The more buttonholes between the picots the farther apart they will be.<br />
I used a quilting ruler to measure and mark out the loops. To make sure they were all the same size and distance apart. <br />
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The buttonhole picot is made by forming a little loop. The larger the loop the longer the picot will be. Work a row of buttonhole stitches up to the top of the loop. At the top slide the needle back through the blanket stitches to hold them in place. Repeat for each picot. <br />
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The woven picot is started by making a loop like the buttonhole. Hold the loop in place with the second needle. Bring the thread back up to the top of the loop so there is a thread in the middle. Weave back and forth between the three threads till the bottom of the loop. <br />
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I got the needle roll done and ready to use. I've been creating it my head for quite a while. I am glad that it turned out much like I imagined it would. I used very simple stitches as there is no room in here for complex stitch work. The finished piece is 3 inches high and 9 inches long. It rolls up to about 4 inches around. The needles didn't really take up any room. So it could have been rolled up smaller if I'd just made the strap a little shorter.<br />
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The berries were next in line. They really stand out for being so small. The stems are done in back stitch with french knots at the end for the berries. Padded satin stitch is used for the leaves.<br />
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Last was the Echinacea flower. It's the largest of all the flowers and I could use the most detail here. The leaves are done with a padded satin stitch then a feather stitch down the center for the veins of the leaf. The flower petals are padded satin stitch. It seemed impossible to keep the lines straight while making such small stitches. The center of the flower is done in french knot stitch.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7FpYFAHgi8HTb1FZDyu7U82lGrRb-p_yyH4NHCFAexrOH2tayBLyVOBkZDWKnkP-RaeJWHlghWnDk8t-RydSy88yRtPN5CZPqSSH0ziDB3VJ5obb7EGA0Io48T5U2PoDNnyhp2aWBT13/s1600/button-loop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Decorative Button Loop" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1494" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7FpYFAHgi8HTb1FZDyu7U82lGrRb-p_yyH4NHCFAexrOH2tayBLyVOBkZDWKnkP-RaeJWHlghWnDk8t-RydSy88yRtPN5CZPqSSH0ziDB3VJ5obb7EGA0Io48T5U2PoDNnyhp2aWBT13/s200/button-loop.jpg" title="Decorative Button Loop" width="186" /></a>The assembly was fairly simple. I made the strap and sewed it on first. Then sewed the button over the end of the strap. I made a decorative buttonhole loop to attach the strap. The felt was centered on the inside and attached as I folded over and sewed the edges. At the end I put a line of running stitch around the edge of the embroidery. <br />
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ABrowns Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786075787861027566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237963217643638684.post-91494214517786790032018-01-11T18:46:00.000-08:002018-01-11T19:18:16.540-08:00Floral Needleroll<br />
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I am making a needle roll to replace my old needle book. This is the first half of the flower picture I am embroidering on the front. It took me a bit of time to make the design and I am taking lots of notes to remember how I made it later on. So I will post the first half now and have it finished to post in the next blog. I drew each flower separately scanned them onto the computer and then redrew them in Illustrator. This way I could reposition the flowers until I got them all to fit.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJhDMgVeygvu5HfMiHz75yiGLRmpGHm6MMrQmkJvWYu8tSVjqExGxIiM1yZUN5Ga5mesbkngPM_-5QIzniPJ_94lNnW0jTJq9S659-zpnhgP60yFEfUKipAZDbpeA8bmvXHkC4qlAjQoV/s1600/alyssum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1312" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJhDMgVeygvu5HfMiHz75yiGLRmpGHm6MMrQmkJvWYu8tSVjqExGxIiM1yZUN5Ga5mesbkngPM_-5QIzniPJ_94lNnW0jTJq9S659-zpnhgP60yFEfUKipAZDbpeA8bmvXHkC4qlAjQoV/s200/alyssum.jpg" width="183" /></a>I did the alyssum first since it is in front of the dandelion and the dill. For the flower I filled the area with white french knots. Then added a second yellow french knot in the middle of each one. The stem is done in a back stitch and the leaves are straight stitches.<br />
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I did the Dandelion next. The flower is a buttonhole wheel. I made the stitches very close together to look like the skinny petals. The stalk is done in stem stitch and the leaves are done in back stitch. </div>
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The flowers of the sage plant are done in bullion stitch with a variegated purple thread. The thick part of the stem is stem stitch. The leaves are detached chain stitches.<br />
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The Dill is done almost entirely in back stitch the stem, the leaves and the bottom of the flowers. The top of the flowers are done in fly stitch. Each branch of the fly stitches is topped with a small yellow straight stitch.</div>
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The Poppy flower has a couched outline for the petals. The petals are filled in with satin stitch. The stalk is a stem stitch and the leaves are detached chain stitches. The flower bud is made of three fly stitches with a few straight stitches to fill in. </div>
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The Viola flowers are done with a blue variegated thread. They are made of four detached chain stitches at the top. With an open chain stitch for the large petal at the bottom. The leaves here are also detached chain stitches and the stems are back stitched.</div>
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Just one last ornament for this year. It's definitely my favourite one I made this season. I wanted to try making a piece with metallic threads. It is common to use velvet as a background and I haven't tried embroidery on velvet before but I had a nice sized piece of it. I started planning a much larger piece. Then wanted to try something smaller first to see how it worked out. I started with an old medieval design.<br />
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I used illustrator to copy the design. I found that once I made the lines wide enough I could see the design through the lightboard. The water soluble fabric pen was easy to draw with and showed up on the velvet. I had to simplified it some and changed it a little more as I went along so it would work better with the metallic threads. </div>
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I used a yellow cotton thread to couch down the metallic thread. I followed around the outlines first. I made a wheel for the circle in the center. Above the center I made three lines instead of following the outline. When I got to the flowers I decided to change to take out all the rest of the circles to simplify the design even more. Instead I looped the thread around so they crossed over in the middle. This still gave a solid look to the center and I could use a continuous piece of thread to make the flower. <br />
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To assemble the ornament I trimmed the edges of the embroidery into an oval. I cut out an oval cardboard for the center and felt oval for the back. I laced the velvet over the piece of cardboard to snug it up tight. I sewed a metallic thread through the center of the top to hang it from. Then I backed the piece by sewing on the felt oval.</div>
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I tried to find a nice warm wool blanket this winter. The prices I found were far more than I could afford. I came a crossed a large piece of thick wool fabric. It was a pink gingham pattern that already almost looked like a blanket. It was large and heavy enough to be a blanket but had raw edges at both ends. I decided to finish it off into a blanket and decorate it. This worked out much better. I got a very nice blanket now that is new and personalized. The stitches are all large and pretty simple so it was surprisingly quick for such a large piece.</div>
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Chicken Scratch is a type of Cross Stitch that is worked on Gingham Fabric. It is also called Depression Lace, Snowflake Embroidery and Gingham Embroidery. I discovered this type of embroidery a few months ago. I thought that it would work well for making set of curtains for my kitchen. This type of embroidery is quick to work and I wanted to get them done in a hurry. The main stitches used are the Double Cross Stitch, Running Stitch and the Woven Circle Stitch. This makes it a great type of embroidery for beginners since the stitches are large and there is a grid on the fabric to follow.</div>
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The pattern for the border I found online as well and adapted it to fit into the space available on the curtains. All the Double Cross Stitches must be worked first. Next the Running Stitches and any of the other stitches that are going to be used to anchor the woven stitches. On the left is a picture of just the orange stitches. On the right is the finished border with the whites stitches and all the woven stitches. It was essential with the fine fabric to weave the stitches through with the eye of the needle. It made them so much faster too. It is important to leave the woven stitches a little loose so they won't pucker up the fabric.</div>
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This is a close up of an end of the rectangle in the middle. If I were going to change anything about the design I would use a cross shape in the center rather than an x. So the stitches would show up better being on darker squares with no white on white stitches. In the end there will be two curtains. I am going to make a second curtain then later I will put up a picture of the two finished curtains.ABrowns Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786075787861027566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237963217643638684.post-74667206304219009182017-10-31T20:10:00.002-07:002017-11-04T19:54:41.013-07:00Fall Vegetables<br />
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I had to take some time off to pack all my stuff up and move over the summer and fall. Now falls pretty much over and I am getting settled again. I am finished the last sampler for the course. I used summer and fall squashes for the motifs on the sampler. I used the same stitches for both of them. Long and Short Stitch for the body with Double Knot Stitch and Bullion Stitch for the stems.</div>
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I think the Zucchini with the straight lines turned out better. I started out with very simple shapes and drew guidelines to mark the stitching. On the Zucchini I only used them to mark the rows on the Spaghetti Squash I used them to mark the rows and the direction on the stitches. </div>
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I worked lengthwise along the Zucchini. I tried to get a rounded look by shading the threads so they were dark at each side and lighter towards the middle.<br />
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The Spaghetti Squash I worked from side to side. I tried to round the rows so that it looked more circular. It was difficult to start with the circle of Long and Short Stitch at the bottom.<br />
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I am hoping to get more embroidery done now that the cool weather is here.<br />
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ABrowns Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786075787861027566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237963217643638684.post-66740171466383761782017-07-11T19:07:00.000-07:002017-07-11T19:07:43.823-07:00Summer Shorts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wanted to get some shorts fixed up for summer. I picked these because they looked a little plain when I got them and were missing the string in the center. I found a bright blue string for them and designed a small motif to make for top left corner. I wanted something that looked lacy and matched the string.<br />
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I started by working the lines of the swirls with a stem stitch to make them look more rounded and curly.<br />
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ABrowns Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786075787861027566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237963217643638684.post-59236184675005909152017-06-24T10:49:00.000-07:002017-06-24T11:44:35.090-07:00Finished Sampler<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are into summer now and the planting season is pretty much over. I have the planting sampler finished for now.<br />
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The wheel of the wheelbarrow was done in chain stitch. The inside of the wheel was a buttonhole stitch wheel to make them look like spokes inside. The rest of the wheelbarrow is worked in outline stitch and stem stitch.<br />
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The pea is done with the same stitches that I used in the crewel embroidery piece. It was adjusted a bit to make it a little smaller.<br />
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I think that the spinach was my favourite of the seed packages in the end. The leaves were done in outline stitch and the veins in the leaves were done in stem stitch.<br />
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The piece on the left is the final Jacobean style piece for lesson two of the crewel embroidery course. I was going to post it before but after I mailed it off. I deleted the picture off of my camera. Then had to wait till it got mailed back before I could take another picture.<br />
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The large white flower petals are done in Cretan Stitch and then are outlined in a double running stitch. The red and yellow patch at the center of the flower is also Cretan stitch and so is the dark section on the large leaves at the bottom. The green leaves above the flower are worked in a striped buttonhole stitch. The smaller dark green leaf is buttonhole stitch as well. The stem was done in a twisted chain stitch. The tendrils were worked in the coral knot. Double running stitch is also used for the orange striped section of the flower. The fly stitch was used for the center light green in the large leaves and for the yellow and orange v's in the flower. Below the v's is a row of magic chain stitch in red and white. The three scalloped rows below that are done in buttonhole stitch. <br />
ABrowns Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786075787861027566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237963217643638684.post-871302877495209632017-05-16T10:52:00.004-07:002017-12-07T09:39:02.646-08:00Crewelwork Dragonfly and Butterfly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With summer coming soon the insects are flying by again. Many of the bugs are very beautiful when looked at closely. They are a popular subject in embroidery. Many books have been written just about designs and techniques used to recreate the look of these fascinating creatures. Quite a few artists worked almost solely on this subject.<br />
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The Dragonfly is made with Appleton's Crewel wool light Olive Green and two shades of Marine Blue. The body and the antenna of the butterfly are a Dark Olive green. The wings are two shades of Mauve and a Dull rose pink for the spots. I used these pieces as the motifs for the sampler in the third lesson of the Crewel Embroidery Course. <br />
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The body of the butterfly is worked first in herringbone stitch then surrounded in outline stitch. Then the antenna were added in split stitch with a french knot on each end.<br />
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For the wings on the butterfly I split stitched around each segment. Then satin stitched over top. The spots where worked first so that I could keep a more uniform shape when I stitched around them. The light Mauve is workup up and down and the darker wing tips are worked side to side.<br />
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By split stitching around and doing the satin stitch over top.<br />
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I’ve been planning my garden and this planting sampler for a
few weeks now. I used some of the spring vegetables that I worked earlier in
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Those can be seen at <a href="http://www.abrownsdesigns.com/2017/02/spring-vegetables.html">http://www.abrownsdesigns.com/2017/02/spring-vegetables.html</a>
<a href="http://www.abrownsdesigns.com/2017/03/more-spring-veggies.html">http://www.abrownsdesigns.com/2017/03/more-spring-veggies.html</a> </div>
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I wanted to focus on supplies I would be using in the spring like tools and seeds. </div>
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I drew many different garden tools and a few different styles of seed packages. I cut all the pieces out into blocks and
placed them around until I came up with a design that worked. I had more
pieces than in the picture many of them didn’t get chosen for this project. I
practiced drawing it out a couple times experimenting with different tools and styles of
seed packages. Once I settled on where to place all the pieces. I drew it
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I was unsure which stitches to use to embroider it so I decided to stitch up a monochromatic outline. Working the design in monochrome first helps to see flaws left in the design. I started with areas that I was sure on how I wanted to work them. This gives me longer to think about how to lay out the stitches in other sections. I used outline stitch for most of the fine lines and started with the seed packages. I’ve seen Chain Stitch used for making small block style letters before and wanted to try it out here.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></div>
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a combination of the outline and the stem stitch. I used different numbers of
strands to make the lines thicker or thinner. I started working on the vegetables
next. Most of them were quick to work because I had tried them before. I wasn’t
going to get all the vegetables finished in time to write the blog. So I stopped
after making two rows of fly stitch to embellish the seed packages on the
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I will post a picture of this piece
once it is finished. I want to make a final version later that will be done in
color. I am just picking out colors now as I finish the blue version off. Afterwards
the design will be made into a pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I have finished a pattern for the
turtle and I am offering free samples in hopes of getting some feedback. The
pattern is small and fast to complete if you are interested in one email me at </span><a href="mailto:abrownsdesigns@gmail.com" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">abrownsdesigns@gmail.com</a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> and I will
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQWtL_fj3tNKPo5m5EpHSnHK2fXmA140J1UzzJc_DUzHIwg4DZTSZT-QPhsB9vrMJJPmstvTNFJ4V-ZEZlkn_lLt1pjJmbA2iA8c1HEVR4JAbjL71YcUY-WzHSPNo0iuCRpxdx_BDDGtE/s1600/crossntwist.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQWtL_fj3tNKPo5m5EpHSnHK2fXmA140J1UzzJc_DUzHIwg4DZTSZT-QPhsB9vrMJJPmstvTNFJ4V-ZEZlkn_lLt1pjJmbA2iA8c1HEVR4JAbjL71YcUY-WzHSPNo0iuCRpxdx_BDDGtE/s1600/crossntwist.gif" width="200" /></a>The third row is a line stitch called the feathered chain stitch. It is made of long tail chain stitches leaning towards each other in a zigzag pattern. I tried the first line without marking it out but it looks much better when the stitches were measured out first.<br />
The fourth row is an isolated stitch the cross and twist stitch. It starts with a cross stitch with a knotted stitch on top.<br />
There was plenty of room on the bottom for another row but I was running out of room on top. So I used a row of small simple French knot stitches for the final row. This one is all in purple I would like to try a few more in a combination of light Easter colors.<br />
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