Photos of our finished Hardanger pieces

[Vera]

Barbara asked me for a speciell photo album in the group.
I think that is a good idea.
If you want you can post your photos of finished Hardanger in this folder or set a link to your album.

I will start with my "Portal to Paradise" and yes, it's Hardanger, only Hardanger.:

[Grace Lister]

Vera. I have tried to load the photo into this group with no success but it has come up as my Avatar. Grace

[Vera]

Hi Grace
It's a nice one. I like the colour.
To upload photos click on the right sign with the little circle in the middle. There you can upload photos in the group. Or start a new album and upload the photo there.

THank you for trying.

Have a nice day

Vera

[Lorelei Halley]

Grace
A really nice design. You've got a lot of the basics in it: moving from kloster block to block horizontally and diagonally, satin stitch motifs, and Holbein stitch.

You've used a medium dark color for the piece, but it looks good. When I tried using a medium dark color, mine just came out muddy looking with the design indistinct. The only reason I can see for my problem is that my piece had a lot of stitching in a small space, but yours has considerable empty cloth between the parts. The choice seems to be what makes it work. Well done.

[Karen W. Gronau]

Perhaps most of you know this already, but in case you don't. You can view all the Hardanger work on stitchin fingers by following this path:
Click on Photos tab
In the search box, type hardanger.

[Barbara Gordon]

I just came across a couple of Hardanger pieces that I haven't finished and one of my news years resolutions is to finish my started projects. Boy, do I have a job ahead of me!

[Lorelei Halley]

Barbara
Wonderful. If they are started, that means they won't take that long to finish and we can hope for pictures sooner!

[Lorelei Halley]

Here are my 2 most recent Hardanger pieces. The pink one I just finished this last week. The white one was completed during the autumn.
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/hardanger-78?context=user

On the pink one I did not do any color enhancement. That is the actual color, I promise.

http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/hardanger-78/next?context=user

[Lorelei Halley]

I just finished this today. It is my first try at the lacy edge, and the filling in the central motifs. As I was just about to start the last of the 8 motifs I started cutting. After making 3 cuts I realized I had just cut it as if I was making a more normal filling. The LAST MOTIF! argh. I tried to reweave it using threads from the fabric. Mosly the repair isn't visible. If I just frame it, it will be safe enough. But every time I look at it, I'll remember the flaw.

[Vera]

Hi Lorelei

It's a beautyful lacy hardanger doily. Congratulation.

My first doily is also repaired and rewaved with threads from the fabric. No one knows ;-)) only me.

If you would like to make it saver you can use a little dot of adhesive special for fabric on each corner edge.

If you have questions for the next one please mail me. Do you think ist would be helpful to post a diagram, how to stitch lacy buttonhole edge?

You stitched very interesting motifs in the center.

I love it.

I'm stitching for my exhibition in August.
It's a lot of work.

Happy stitching

[Lorelei Halley]

Vera
Nice to hear from you. Our group has been quiet for some time. In doing the lacy edge I followed Yvette's suggestions in her book, but it would be helpful to learn how you would do it. It took me a while to figure out how I would know which threads to cut as I opened up areas to needleweave. The obvious solution took me a while to discover: cut the threads at the bottom of a kloster block. Do that for 2 or 3 neighboring block areas, then delicately unweave. It is hard to say this in words.

[Vera]

Hi Lorelei

How do you like this?
Do you think you can work with this diagram?
Good night
Vera

[Lorelei Halley]

Vera
thank you very much for the diagram. that is basically what I did but it took me some time to figure it out. It is helpful to have your view of this.