Pulled thread work and drawn thread work

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Comment by Lorelei Terry Halley on November 30, 2009 at 9:23am

Marg
I was just looking at your newest box lid from Nov. 15, on your blog. A really nice piece. So well balanced.

Comment by Jenny on October 31, 2009 at 2:10pm

I am glad you enjoyed the Paddy's Daughter's post. I had great discussions with her & some of my EG friends about the hem on that table mat as to how it was done. Lorelei, the long blueish green leaves are gum leaves, found everywhere in Australia.

Comment by Lorelei Terry Halley on October 31, 2009 at 9:28am

Jenny
I'm glad you found paddys daughter. That large mat gives me ideas. I've been finishing my pieces too soon. Lots of background to fill would increase the fun time. I also like the long blueish green leaves. I keep on thinking that color interferes with perception of the holes. But perhaps muted colors are the answer.

Comment by Ann Clare on October 30, 2009 at 6:51pm

This is a wonderful site too.

There aren't enough hours in the day to get everything looked at and embroidery done to try out all the ideas that become suggested.

Maybe I should stay up all night ..........

Comment by Jenny on October 30, 2009 at 8:47am

Has anyone seen these gorgeous pieces of worK?

http://paddysdaughter.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/friday-photos-drawn-thread-master-class/

I came across them a few weeks back. Enjoy.

Comment by Jenny on October 30, 2009 at 8:39am

Ooooo! Lorelei! Your web page is just fabulous! As Ann says, will take hours of exploring. I love the fact that I can click on the pics & get close up views. Thanks so much for sharing with the world.

Comment by D. Paula Banerji on October 30, 2009 at 8:31am

Lorelei, your website is wonderful....so informative and easy to navigate. Congratulations and thanks for such a useful site.

Comment by Lorelei Terry Halley on October 30, 2009 at 7:49am

My website was a huge amount of work, but the way it got started was this. Back in the mid 1980s I photographed the lace collections of a few people I knew personally, and gave somel public lectures about lace history and identification. But unless a person is like me -- both passionately interested in the history of lace as well as making lace -- one viewing of the slide collection is enough. My local lace friends didn't need repeat viewings. So here I am with a huge slide collection sitting on the shelf. It seemed to me that somebody should get the benefit of all that work I did. This current website is the second version. And has additions of digital photos passed to me by people I've met on the internet.

I think that Schwalm has grown in popularity recently because of the books that have been published in the last few years. There are a few of us who are doing the kind of pulled thread that doesn't involve any cutting, but only a very few. I'm hoping that my pulled thread pages on the website has the same result as those Schwalm books.

Ann, I love seeing your experiments with Schwalm methods and designs from other categories. I'm also fascinated by the "pure" (for lack of a better word) pulled thread.

I just hope I can keep this website up for a long time.

Comment by Ann Clare on October 28, 2009 at 12:46am

Lorelie, this site is a work of great diligence! It will take hours of exploring but must surely be a great reference for anyone interested. Terrific!

Comment by Marcy M on October 27, 2009 at 11:43pm

Love it! Thanks Lorelei.

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