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Karen W. Gronau
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Blackwork Pattern for a Wedding Sampler
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Koala Blackwork Pattern
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I like all three of your ornaments, and this one is my favorite. I also like how you give details in your descriptions. I am wondering how you attach the two linen fabrics together. Please let me know.
Hi-thanks for the credit! I was actually inspired by others, SharonB I think. It was the first chicken scratch piece I did. Yours looks great!
This is lovely, you have captured the colors beautifully.
This is very creative! I taught myself to tat some twenty years ago with a kit. The kit came with a long needle not a shuttle so that is how I learned. I made two small samples at the time. Alas, I did it so long ago that I have forgotten how.
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I like your butterfly.
Chicken Scratch is also known as snowflaking, gingham embroidery and Amish embroidery. It is usually worked on a gingham check in order to have a lacy look. It was traditionally done on aprons. If you go to the photos page and type in chicken scra...
white floss with white tassel on light brown Aida with white felt backing, free pattern from DMC site
I don't think I've ever even heard of chicken scratch before. Do you know anything about it's history. I think this would make a great purse. It seems some of the threads are kind of long, do you think they would catch?
I put these next to each other to compare the changing floss choices. Which do you like better, the traditional green or the yellow green? This was a free online pattern from the DMC site.
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.
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- What aspect of textiles are you interested in?
- embroidery including ribbon embroidery and Hardanger embroidery, needlework, counted crosstitch, decoupage
- Where did you learn your textle skills?
- self taught
- Anything else you want to say to introduce yourself to the group??
- I am a retired elementary school teacher (32 years, mostly second grade). I work part time as an advisory teacher for a home schooling service via postal mail and Internet. I have much free time for reading and crafting and LOVE it.
This July, 2009 will mark my 35th wedding anniversary. In January our 31 year old son married so now we have a daughter-in-law. :-)
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- At 8:24am on November 13, 2009,
Tina Abert said…
- Thank you Karen. Feel free to stich nap my butterfly :)
- At 11:17pm on November 11, 2009,
PattyD said…
- Hmmm..... I wonder if there is any kind of adhesive that you could apply to the back of the cloth that would hold the chicken scratch threads in place?
- At 11:06am on November 7, 2009,
Averyclaire said… - Hi Karen....I have just finished looking at all of your photos and your work is lovely. You do a nice variety of different types of needlework. Glad you like my pumpkin. Stop my and visit my blog sometime.
- At 4:33am on November 5, 2009,
Anne Gailhbaud said… - Karen, I am without the Net................But thanks for your kind comment about my embroidered S!!
Friendly!
- At 7:19am on October 23, 2009,
Catherine Ronan said… - Hi Karen,
I really haven't had time to learn all the ins and outs of the SF site yet. I can't even find where to read about this... Today when I looked at my page there was a box with a bow on it and a sentence telling me I had not received any "gifts" yet. I have no clue what that means! I am not sure I want to click on it to find out either. LOL
What are you working on? Do you work on one project until it is finished or do you have two or three going all at the same time?
I have a couple of unfinished pieces I really need to finish. If I get too far away from them I find it very hard to go back to them. I think I just loose interest.
Catherine
- At 6:35am on October 22, 2009,
Anne Gailhbaud said…
- Thanks Karen. YEs, it's a part of a future quilt, the block is appliqued (Shannon rose) and now, I embroider it. More photos later. It's a very long work, and I begin only the embroidery........................(8 big blocks)
- At 6:32am on October 22, 2009,
Anne Gailhbaud said…
- Karen, thanks!! My snail is in post st., (only two: one very long an other longer and rolled) the signature is made of 2 stitches, the base and a uper rolled thread (I have forgotten the name in english, sorry!)Friendly!
- At 6:22am on October 20, 2009,
Ann Flowers said…
- Thanks for adding me as a friend! I love your ribbon embroidery, the wedding sampler is fantastic. I love working with ribbon too. I also like the book mark that you used printed fabric and then did some embroidery over it, that is a very cool looking bookmark. I love all your cross stitching work too. Some amazing pieces, the fans are very creative!! My first start in the world of thread was cross stitching. i still work on it, I have a project for my kids bathroom still in the works. Although my new love is Crazy Quilting. I love looking at all the amazing cross stitch work out there. Yours is Great!
- At 7:18am on October 17, 2009,
AnnieB said… - Hi Karen. Thanks for the nice comment on my altoid tin. I added a comment to answer some of your questions.
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- At 8:38am on September 1, 2009,
Ati Ham-Sas said… - Hi, thanks for visiting my photos.
If you look on page two of my photos you can see the whole quilt and details also on page three. It is called"old lace and roses".
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