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Ann Clare
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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 ..........
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!
I'll have to go and look up diagonal cable! jsu not sure about that!! It's an interesting range of textures and I'd love to have a good peek at it!
This is lovely Lorelei, it has such a wholesome feel to it! I love the insert work especially. What fabric is it?
I think it depends upon what you want to embroider. Almost any fabrics can be stitched.
I have enjoyed working on satin, but that's too flimsy by itself, so I've put it on top of a thin linen or cotton base and sometimes put a sheer on top to vary…
http://www.katolefkara.org/english/lefk_lace.shtml
I'd never heard of this, anyone any experience of it? I wouldn't like to have to pronounce the words!
Beautiful, Doina
I like so much!!
http://avomeri.blogspot.com/2009/08/schwalm-whitework.html
This seems to be work in progress!
I haven't done any Hedebo except where it overlaps with Schwalm embroidery.
Schwalm is quite specific, I think, in that the fabric is stabilised with chain and coral stitch before being filled with drawn and pulled work. Additional surface stitchin…
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- What aspect of textiles are you interested in?
- Most! Handstitching probably, but nothing is excluded!
- Where did you learn your textle skills?
- C&G NDD etc
- Anything else you want to say to introduce yourself to the group??
- Retired Art Teacher.
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- At 3:43pm on September 18, 2009,
Lorelei Terry Halley said…
- Ann
Thank you for noticing my new pieces. The purple one, pt2, with diagonal cable: that stitch is the reverse of faggot stitch. It is on row 5 of my yellow sampler and is diagrammed on my blog (accessible from my profile page). The fabric in my Hardanger piece H57 is cotton Hardanger cloth, I don't remember the manufacturer, 22 pairs of threads per inch.
Both of these are among the earliest few that I designed for each of those techniques. In designing them I was mostly thinking about putting in elements that I enjoy working, rather than focussing on the design itself.
I think texture is a big part of pulled thread work, so I like to use bumpy stitches for outlining or surface embroidery, especially coral knot and Palestrina knots.
- At 4:24pm on May 29, 2009,
Lorelei Terry Halley said…
- Ann
The patches of 4 sided stitch on my cream colored sampler: the cloth is a 25/inch linen evenweave. Mostly I used 35/2 linen lace thread to work the stitches, but wasn't consistent. Some patches were worked in 70/2 linen, DMC Cordonnet 50, linen 20/2. The 70/2 linen and the cordonnet kept slipping and made it difficult to get strong tension. The 20/2 was too thick and filled up the holes. The best thread turned out to be the 35/2 lace thread. Tonight I'm adding notes about where to find the diagrams for all the variants.
- At 9:09am on May 9, 2009,
MargB said… - Ann - your work is so beautiful. I have so many different kinds of embroidery to attempt - sad there are only 24 hours in a day. But I do want to see if I can play with that idea
Marg
- At 5:52pm on April 28, 2009,
Lorelei Terry Halley said…
- Ann
Thanks for posting the crewel design. I really like what you did with it. I see no reason why other crewel designs couldn't be adapted similarly.
- At 6:42pm on April 21, 2009,
Lorelei Terry Halley said…
- Ann Clare
You mentioned you had a flickr account, but I don't see the url posted here. I'd love to have the link and see any other work you have done.
- At 12:14pm on April 16, 2009,
Iris said… - Hi Ann Clare,
Thanks for your answer to my Art Deco post. Have not been able to locate the books you mentioned yet but will try to seek them out.
I have just seen your crewel embroidery. Absolutely stunning - I love the texture. Excuse my question - what is schwalmed?
Cheers,
Iris
- At 5:14pm on March 19, 2009,
Lorelei Terry Halley said…
- Ann
Thank you for you kind comment on my torchon bobbin lace piece.
- At 10:24am on March 11, 2009,
Audrey said… - Hi Ann,
If I ever produce a piece of embroidery even half as good as yours I would feel quite chuffed.
Very well done.
Audrey
- At 5:06pm on March 10, 2009,
Lorelei Terry Halley said…
- Ann I sent you an email 3/8, but you may not have received it. So I am tacking the content on here:
Ann
I see no reason why you can't combine the two. Please join the "pulled
thread-drawn thread" group on stitchin fingers. There are several others
there who are interested in Schwalm and in Myreschka. If you follow the
discussion from the begiining (early December) you'll find some links we
found trying to help another member who was looking for Myreschka
instructions online.
When you sign on to stitchin fingers, look for the groups button on the top
of the screen, punch it and look for "pulled thread - drawn thread".
Joining the group is really easy and then you can post questions and
comments to the group.
I'm very glad you found me, and am curious as to how that happened? Did you
join stitchin fingers first, and then find me, or were you doing interent
searches on Schwalm or pulled thread? Just curious. The internet is a
marvelous tool for those of us interested in odd things to find each other.
Lorelei
- At 4:59pm on March 9, 2009,
Sandy Vass said… - Hi Anne
I have never done any of this style of embroidery but I just love your pieces. I will now hold you responsible if I delve into yet another form of embroidery!
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