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Here you can see I've redone just the outermost bands to coincide with the pattern I charted out in the previous photo.
I've also done a rolled hem to make the tiniest hem I could possibly make. Yay, new skill!
Blogged here with a tutorial how to make it.
1. Snowflakes in the Snow, 2. P1310789, 3. P1310785, 4. P1310783, 5. P1300771, 6. P1300772, 7. P1310784, 8. P1300770, 9. P1300766, 10. Snowflakes in the Snow, 11. P1300769, 12. P2020816, 13. P130076814. Not available15. Not available16. Not available
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So one day Bascom Hogue asked me if I wanted to swap with him. After the smelling salts were administered and I was back up off of the ground, I told him YES YES OH MY GOD YES.
I had a hard time figuring out what to make him at first because I didn't want to offend him, as he's a Mennonite and I wasn't sure if he'd be comfortable with some of the things I normally make. Via email I got to know him better and found out I had nothing to worry about.
He also mentioned William Carlos Williams at one point, which got me thinking about poetry and then this happened. Walt Whitman just seemed more stitchable than Mr. Williams.
If this looks a little familiar, it is... And yes, I know it's not a muscle, it's an organ. :)
The Black Work beginners' class, work in progress. Next class comes up in May, with borders. Three zones to finish till then. I'd better hurry now.
Modified from Alicia Paulson's book Embroidery Companion. Blogged houseofhodgepodge.blogspot.com/2012/04/four-pieces-comple...
Here's the finished sampler postcard, added the red for a bit of a lift. The stitching is straight , the photo isn't :)
This combination cross stitch/blackwork picture is created by Claire Crompton. I made a few small changes to the pattern. There were supposed to be random French knots in the bird's wing, but I replaced them with a "feathery" blackwork pattern. I also altered the way I made the gold "snowflakes."
I've been collecting hand embroidered items at thrift stores (things like napkins, pillow cases, table runners, etc) to make into a quilt. Word spread through my social grapevine, and a friend very kindly sent me embroidered items from the thrift store that she volunteers at. Some were unsuitable for my purposes because they were machine embroidered, and/or they were synthetic (I'm aiming for natural fibres). But it was such a thoughtful gesture that I am very determined to use it all. This means that I get to come up with some creative solutions.
One of the items was this polyester doily. The daffodils reminded me of Wales. I remembered a blackwork pattern I still had from years ago. My mother bought it as part of a kit. I made it up for her, then used waste canvas to put it on the back of a blouse for me. The pattern has sat in a bin ever since. I fished it out, and used waste canvas (left from the blouse project) to embroider the doily. The variegated red thread was also from a thrift store, part of a mixed bag of embroidery thread that I bought for cheap.
I think that I will use the doily as en embellishment on a bag eventually? I found two thriftstore tea towels of Wales that will form the main bag and lining. It will be my humble tribute to Wales.