Friends of Hardanger-Embroidery

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Comment by Lorelei Terry Halley on November 12, 2009 at 10:37am

Vera
Interesting exhibit. Are all these yours?

Comment by Vera on November 11, 2009 at 4:19am

Sorry, you did not hear anything from me for a long time.
There was a very stressful time, sorry.
Last week I finished my exhibition. We have been 22 artist there. Only me with textil-art. Now it will be a little more quiet. And I hope to be back, soon.

I did not forget the chart for the "Edelweiss"-Stitch.

Comment by Barbara Gordon on August 7, 2009 at 12:46pm

My book is on it's way now. I might as well add something else to my list of hobbies. I do like it when I receive a report on a book from someone before I order it, so thanks!

Comment by Colette Robinson on August 6, 2009 at 7:46am

Grace, thank you so much for the information, I'm off to buy it :o)

Comment by Grace Lister on August 6, 2009 at 6:01am

Colette, I looked up the book and it is Drawn Thread Embroidery by Moyra McNeill published by Batsford (mine is 1989) ISBN O 7134 5597 7 (cased) Moyra was my teacher in C and G and she has written several books - Blackwork, Pulled Work, Quilting and Machine Embroidery. Hope this helps. Grace

Comment by Colette Robinson on August 5, 2009 at 9:44pm

Thank you Grace, I'm going to look for the book and get it ordered. No I havent tried Pulled Work although it sounds as if its my sort of thing.

Comment by Grace Lister on August 5, 2009 at 8:51pm

There is another book on Drawn Thread Work by Moyra McNeill, Colette, which is very good although a lot of it is using the technique in a more modern way. Have you tried Pulled Work? This is another lovely tecnique usually in monochrome. Grace

Comment by Colette Robinson on August 5, 2009 at 7:52pm

I too have the Emmie Bishop Collection of Beautiful Stitches and I find it invaluable and recently bought Janice Love Fundamentals Made Easy. These are 2 books that get a lot of use
I have only recently started doing some drawn threadwork and I must say I really like it and isnt it fun learning new techniques and filling stitches

Comment by Lorelei Terry Halley on August 5, 2009 at 5:08pm

Jeanne
thanks for the book recommendations. I was just hoping someone could point me to books that go beyond the basic and common elements of Hardanger. Now I know what to look for. I've also been looking at some pamphlets I have on drawn thread work (one very old c. 1900 and 2 in German), looking much more closely than I have up till now, and have found some interesting lace fillings that I might try in Hardanger.

Comment by Jeanne Theunissen on August 4, 2009 at 1:05am

Those are some beautiful photos. I was trying to figure out some of the stitches, and I think most of them are in Janice Love's book, or in Emie Bishop's A Collection of Beautiful Stitches. The rose coloured piece is especially interesting. It looks like the top square has Algerian eyelets at the four corners, and a reverse Greek cross in the centre. I actually just found this illustrated in The Complete Book of Hardanger by Janny Geldens. Most of the other stitches that are not listed in the other two books mentioned are in this one, as well (along with many others I have never seen anywhere else). I would recommend all of these books as good references for stitch instructions and diagrams.

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