Embroidered Art
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HMM......... this is my choice- a colorful possibility for the Macro Mondays group’s theme of circles for 4/19.
the size and context mosaic is in the first comment box.
this portion measures 1 and 3/4th inches at its widest/tallest
I am surrounded by natural leaves at home in my house and garden, but had trouble finding any man-made ones! I'm hoping that this bit of embroidery by my Aunty Gertie many years ago will do, even though it's "woman-made" - HSoS!
Appliqued felt and cotton fabrics. Three from a series I am working on.
Each circle is about 5.5" (14cm) diameter.
Niqui has been practicing more hand embroidery, this time Spider-Web stitch with Lazy Daisy stitch surround interspersed with French Knots ..
The whole piece is only 3cm across so there's some fine stitching in there ..
Crazy Tuesdays: Embroidery
Part of a colourful, machine-embroidered purse someone gave me years ago.
Featured on FRONT PAGE in "Kurt Peiser Gallery*by Admin/Mod invite Only*P1-C3" group, August 2012
Thanks to Spektoral Addendum for the texture.
On a long-sleeved T shirt. All 100% Cotton. Puffin is 2.5" w by 2.7" h
Macro Mondays Theme: "COTTON"
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Embroidery detail on one corner of my Christmas tablecloth.
120 pictures in 2020 (103) tablecloths / tablemats
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As well as having any number of delightful shades and colours, Dewhurst's Sylko have an equally wonderful range of names to accompany them. As I embarked on my "Embroider my World" project, I think I fell in love with the names of the Sylko colours as much as the colours themselves. This lovely shade of mid red is called "Chrysant Red", named after the common garden flower chrysanthemum: although there is nothing common about this beautiful shade.
When it was my birthday last year, a very dear friend who enjoys photography as much as I do, and knows that I collect beautiful and vintage pieces, gave me a wonderful selection of antique ribbons, buttons, buckles, lace and other fine notions. She also gave me three follow up tins of similar delightful gifts for Christmas.
Those wonderful gifts are what has inspired me to create this series of "Embroider my World" images featuring my vintage bobbin collection. In this case my Dewhurst's Sylko Chysant Red reel of cotton which dates from between 1938 and 1954 sits atop some pink and red floral appliqués. The spool is accessorised by some woven silk mid red ribbon and red satin roses, whilst in the background stands a sweet little half-doll with red hair, dressed in pink.
The "half-doll" is a dainty porcelain or bisque figurine, fashionable in the early Twentieth Century with an upper body, head, arms, but no legs. These dolls were produced in the thousands at the height of their popularity by German factories such as Dressel and Kister, Heubach, Goebel and Kestner. Later they were produced in France, America and later still, in Japan. They commonly served as handles and toppers for fabric covers made for powder boxes on ladies’ dressing tables and small brushes, however they were also made for jewellery boxes, pincushions, tea cosies and other covers. In this case, my German half-doll is has a coquettish look as she tilts the hat on her head. She is one of the smallest of my half-dolls, standing only one and a half inches in height, so I imagine that she would have been made for a lady’s boudoir and was most likely the topper for a small powder bowl or even a powder puff. She has been hand painted.
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.
This tiny trinket box is just under 2 inches wide. I bought the kit for this at a craft fair. I enjoyed the embroidery, but making it into a box, with lining, is probably the most fiddly sewing I have ever done.
MacroMondays "stitch"
7DOS macro
I have been taking a break from making my little critters as they are overrunning the house. This is a little different from me - an hand embroidered tree which has over 400 French knots in different shades of pink.
4.5"x6" DMC floss on tea-dyed cotton
I have a thing about people-faced deer. I lurves them.
More experimenting with embroidery. This is very simple. Just backstitch and sort of sashiko style for the spots on the body.
I got too into making the tiniest stitches possible before I realized it actually didn't look that good and made the lines look really wobbly. Oops! Oh well. ^o^