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Comment by Pam on December 18, 2008 at 22:06

Welcome to the group Stefania!! I love your Ricamo D'Assia design in the November Rakam magazine! Too bad the threads are not so easy to obtain here.

~Pam

~Pam

Comment by Stefania Bressan on December 18, 2008 at 8:09

Hi everyone, I've just joined this group. I love pulled thread work, especially applied inside non-geometric designs.
I'm still having a look around, and trying to figure out how all the community works :-)
Please forgive me for all the mistakes I'm going to make in English!
Ciao, Stefania

Comment by MargB on December 16, 2008 at 14:56

Carol Anne I have just seen your photos on Flickr with that marvellous pulled thread work you have been doing. It is really beautiful. I love the Portuguese Stem Stitch outlines in silk also
MargB

Comment by Jenny on December 9, 2008 at 17:51

I certainly enjoyed that website Lorelei. Just yummy!

I know a lady who is really into pulled work & makes lovely lacey designs with her stitches. H uses very open weave fabrics so the stitches pull the fabric threads tight together in one area and very open in another. It is all in the combination of thread, fabric type, & stitch used that gives different effects.

Comment by MargB on December 9, 2008 at 1:23

Thanks Lorelei for thinking of me. My Edith Wark arrived today and can you believe, she was from Melbourne? I really bought this book as a pig in a poke but what a gem! I love the history and some of the contemporary examples are incredible. I keep coming up with ideas of things I might do- but not just yet! Must go - have visitors for dinner - but had to share!

Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 8, 2008 at 22:32

Marge
The angolostefania website has some very interesting pictures. Jenny must have enjoyed the reticello and drawn work. I did, too. Those in particular interested me, because we see very little of it in the U.S. The Schwalm, also. The hearts and flowers are very traditional and charming (if that is your direction). But even if it isn't, how could you organize a design based on Grace's irregular patches outlined thickly somewhat like the Schwalm, but infilled with true pulled stitches, without removing any fabric threads. By making the surface embroidery less controlled you might end up with an interesting hybrid between traditional and modern.

Comment by Jenny on December 8, 2008 at 15:47

Good morning everyone. I personally have not done any Schwalm, but from my understanding it incorporates pulled, drawn & surface stitching. I am not fond of the traditional tulips, hearts etc that are common designs, but I really want to explore all the drawn & pulled filling stitches that these designs use.

The term "Ricamo d'Assia" is new to me so I am off to do a Google seach.

Thanks also for posing the link to the gallery. I have just wasted half my morning having a wonderfull wander through some stunning work.

Jenny

Comment by MargB on December 8, 2008 at 14:46

Pam Thankyou for that I had a lovely time roaming around the site.- What beautiful work and it looked ot me that a number of the embroideries used pulled thread - Canuscino and Retini de Fondo - the latter one in particular.

I have never attempted Schwalm but have had some old Anna Burdas sitting there with lots of information and patterns for Schwalm - they are fun to peruse occasionally (and wish!).

Comment by Pam on December 8, 2008 at 8:42

Ricamo d'Assia is the Italian version of Schwalm. Here is a link that shows the threads withdrawn. Nice gallery Marg.
http://www.agofiloefantasia.net/?page_id=23

Comment by MargB on December 8, 2008 at 1:37

You might like to have a look at this gallery - there is Schwalm and hardanger and... http://www.angolostefania.it/galleria.php It is certainly worth a visit.
MargB

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