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I'm having a give-away at my my blog for some Lecien Cosmo floss! Now - March 26th, 2009.
Amazing Silk-Floss Tree in bloom. Chorisia speciosa Native to Tropical America, the tree was once a source for kapok used for padding or stuffing.Related to Kapok Tree Ceiba This is a 25' JUVENILE that still has the extremely thorny trunk. Corpus Christi, Texas. Oct. 2009.
Chorisia speciosa has since been re-classified to the present Ceiba speciosa. The Family has since been re-classified from Bombacaceae to Malvaceae
An older shot from my Canon G2 of an amusement park in northern England. It was closed for the season, but this lucky lady scored a bag of candy floss from the lone vendor!
This for the &stitches no floss allowed.
I used bakers twine. I love bakers twine, a lot. My stitching seems to have regressed as I haven't been stitching at all and I wasn't a proficient stitcher to begin with. I just need a little (a great deal) more practice. :)
Also, sorry for the stains on the fabric. I set it down outside to take pics and didn't notice the little bit of dirty water.
I found these colors of embroidery floss on my desk. They were all from different projects, but went together so well! They remind me of an ice cream cone all stacked up...
the lovely milkweed. the only food for monarch butterflies.
www.monarch-butterfly.com/monarch-conservation.html
"Milkweed (Asclepius) named by Carl Linneaus for the Greek god medicine and healing, Asclepius.
Son of Apollo and Coronis, father of five daughters: Hygia (“Hygiene”), Laso (“Medicine”), Aceso (“Healing”), Aglæa/Ægle (“Healthy glow), and Panacea (“Universal remedy”). The snake-entwined staff, often used as symbol in the medical world, is the rod of Asclepius."...
More interesting tidbits:
" ....American Indian tribes used milkweed floss to line the beds of their infants, as well as blankets and clothing for adults.
During the 19th century, there was a thriving milkweed industry in Massachusetts, which used milkweed floss primarily to stuff mattresses.
In World War Two, the Japanese cut off America's supply of kapok, a natural fiber used to stuff life jackets for sailors. Milkweed floss proved to be a perfect alternative. Milkweed floss is 6-8 times more buoyant than cork. A single pound can keep a 100-150 pound man afloat for hours. The United States government enlisted schoolchildren across the nation to collect milkweed pods as part of the war effort. By the end of the war, it is estimated that they had gathered 11 million pounds.
In addition to life vests, the floss was also used for bomber jackets, because it provided a lightweight yet warm lining for the jackets, and could double as a life vest in case of a water landing. (learn more here: kerryg.hubpages.com/hub/The-Amazing-Milkweed)
Multifilament floss is also very common, and it’s usually even thicker than monofilament floss.
It’s usually made of nylon and other materials, and there are often multiple strands of the stuff woven together into a single spring.
Christmas flosses from DMC and ThreadworX included in my comparison post: ancoracrafts.com/variegated-christmas-floss-comparison/
Post shows the available color combinations, explains differences between brands, and shows stitched examples
"only" half a year after completion. :)
Flossing my corset, that is it is a kind of embroidery to "secure" the boning. Not that it is needed in this case. So it is pretty much purely decoration :) Using silk button hole thread. 1/4 finished. Blue and yellow thread. (colors distorted thanks to Hipstamatic ;))
I wish the fabric was dyed but I did not have time to do it when I got the materials, I had a terrible deadline. And I can't do it now because the metal boning is not stainless so it would rust if I put it in water laundry.
This high quality tightly woven narrow herringbone coutil only comes in black and white. In fact I have bougt more (waiting for shipping now) because I want to make another corset, that is a little taller and wider on top and a little narrower in waist. And for that corset I have bought dye. :) "Bahamas Blue" it is called on the package. I hope the dye work will work. I think I am going to do test dye on the scrap coutil I have leftover from this corset on picture. As there might be starchening chemicals in the fabric as it is quite stiff. That new corset is going to be the corset for the ball gown.
Over on the Embroidery Group, here at Flickr.. there's a thread talking about organizing floss.
I used to keep all my floss in a grocery sack. Do you know how fast floss tangles? Pretty stinking fast!! Then I tried ziplock bags. That's a pain, I always wanted the color on the bottom of the bag grrrr.
So now I use a tin. I don't know if it's visible in the photo but at the top crammed in the remaining space, sideways, is black and brown. I only have three or four skeins of that so it goes into the left over spots haha.
I have a few skeins sitting here on my desk for Juan and the Cactus duet project, plus the couple skeins set aside for chicken scratch practice. It mostly all fits though. :)
Dinner @ Geylang Serai Bazaar, a festive Pasar Malam (aka Flea Market) to celebrate the forthcoming Hari Raya Puasa holiday.
The Rainbow is IN (Conservatives beware! Hahaha!) I have never seen so many rainbow coloured food conglomerating at one spot.....and out of the many rainbow coloured offerings, here's one for the every kid in us: Candy floss served rolled up like a Popiah! (or a rolled-up troll as the newspaper claimed)
I didn't catch the name of the stall, unfortunately, but 3 rolls of assorted colours and flavours (the candy flosses are flavoured, but of course) cost me S$8...and "must be consumed within 5 minutes" reminded the stall owners.
They are a big sugar rush....no doubt about it: Soft and slightly chewy on the outside, all crunchy and cloyingly sweet on the inside. But it was great fun and almost juvenile in the "goodest" of ways scoffing off this childhood-invoking confection....!
Stitching a Christmas tree with metallic floss. These beautiful colors are dmc light effects
green: E699 green emerald
blue: E825 blue sapphire
purple: E3837 purple ruby
blogged here!
I found these colors of embroidery floss on my desk. They were all from different projects, but went together so well! They remind me of an ice cream cone all stacked up...
The Silk Floss Tree is native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America. The fruit pods contain fibrous, fluffy matter similar to cotton or silk, which is used in making packaging, canoes, paper, and ropes.
Hook: #4 steelhead/salmon hook
Tail: purple saddle hackle
body: orange floss, pink floss, black chenille
Rib: fine silver wire
Hackle: purple saddle hackle
Wing: white calftail over crystal flash flashabou
The invitation said smart casual. Clearly, some came dressed to partay!
Template here: projectsbyjane.blogspot.sg/2013/08/doggie-embroidery-flos...
just one more TBL on the way... i'm officially cut off from doll buying till like 2015. for real. done!