Pulled thread work and drawn thread work

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For all who do pulled thread or drawn thread work or who want to learn. Pulled thread collects fabric threads into clumps, drawn thread removes some threads.

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Jours de Cilaos-- Pulled thread work from l'Ile de la Réunion

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Pulled thread and Drawn thread books and their contents

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Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 30, 2008 at 0:35: Lorie
Welcome. If you look at my personal photos on my page you will see 3 purple pieces. These are very simple coaster sized mats which I intended as beginner pieces. If any of these appeal to you, I could post one of the patterns (but I have to do a little work on it first).
Another possibility would be to make a bookmark with 2 or 3 pulled stitches. If you look again at my photos you will see 2 bookmarks. They are just a suggestion of how you might set it up.
First you will need evenweave fabric, NOT Hardanger and NOT Aida. It should be a single weave. I suggest, the coarser, the better. Plus thread in the same color as the fabric.
Do you have any books with pulled stitches in them for you to refer to?
Lorelei Terry Halley

Comment by Lorie Frischknecht on December 29, 2008 at 12:32: Hello everyone! I'm new here and have never attempted pulled thread work but have always admired it. Does anyone have any simple, free patterns they could share with me so I can practice? Thank you so much, Lorie

Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 28, 2008 at 1:08: Grace
Your blackwork picture 005 would also work as a pulled thread sampler (the layout and way of organizing the design, I mean). I'm constantly looking for ways to plan a design. Composition is everything.
Lorelei

Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 26, 2008 at 23:32: Carmen
Welcome

Comment by Carmen on December 24, 2008 at 8:31: Hope you don't mind that I sit in and read. This is something I would like to learn more about. Dreaming Quilts : ) Carmen

Comment by Stefania Bressan on December 22, 2008 at 7:31: Pam, thank you very much. I made the design for that small tablecloth, so I'm particularly proud of it ;-)
Is Cotton a Broder #25 hard to find? In Italy it's quite common and widely used for hand embroidery. What kind of thread do you usually use?
Ciao, Stefania

Comment by Grace Lister on December 19, 2008 at 8:14: I have added two more Pulled Work designs to my photos including one worked entirely in metallic thread. This has to be done with care as the thread can so easily cut the material. Grace

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