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Beginners in Embroidery
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Anyone have any suggestions for embroidery books in this genre?
This group discusses the embroidery of the 16th and 17thC. There is a seperate group for stumpwork.
Profile Information
- What aspect of textiles are you interested in?
- My background is in the humanities and healthcare. I am on a sabbatical and have just started teaching myself to embroider. My primary interest is in historical, "traditional" embroidery from any culture. Secondly, having an interest in modern art, I would like to learn about extending traditional textile art-forms and their techniques via contemporary materials. Learning, sharing and processing that journey with others is an appealing aspect of this website.
- Where did you learn your textle skills?
- I taught myself with books from a local craft store and the public library.
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- At 8:25pm on July 27, 2008,
Juliette Coates said… - Hi Keith from what i see you are well on the way with your stitching. May I suggest you looking at Jan Beaneys work, she takes a stitch and explores it, much as we do on C@G courses. It will be contemporary of course but make the stitch large, small long, short use a fine thread then a thick one, you will be amazed at how different this looks , it is all about exploring and playing with the stitch.
- At 12:07pm on June 29, 2008,
Sue McB said… - Hi Keith, yes the pincushion and needlecase are needlepoint and were done on a 12 count canvas using Paternayan Yarns - a stranded wool that is lovely to use and gives good texture. The base and inside of the needlecase are made from fairly thick felt. All are simple stitches that you would find in a book like Jo Ippolito Christensen's 1978 Teach yourself Needlepoint, but there might be a more modern book more easily available. Good luck with your stitching!
- At 4:50am on June 15, 2008,
Lyn Gaskill said… - Keith,
Your butterfly is beautiful! I am sorry to hear about your sister. Breast cancer is some tricky stuff. Well all cancer is. I am acutally working on two of them one for a lady in my crazy quilt international group.(she had breast cancer) the other is my own that I have designed. The Making Memories foundation has a web site that you can go to, to sign up for a box full of wedding dresses to make a quilt for them to be auctioned off to help with make a wish. I am proud to do it.
I wish that I could do most of my embroidery at the beach. That sounds so wonderful! It is good for the soul to be in the sun. I have found that the sun is where I do most of my healing. It is a good thing that I live in Texas, huh?
If you need me for anything just let me know,
Lyn
- At 11:46pm on June 13, 2008,
Lyn Gaskill said…
- Hi! Keith,
Yes, that is what a crazy quilt is. I enjoy it as it puts together the two things that I really like. The quilting and embroidery. The biggest Joy of it is each diffrent piece of the block you can add a diffrent embroidery something. I was a triditional quilter before I started crazy quilting. Then I bought a book by Judith Baker Montano and the rest is history. The passion was born!
How have you been? I have been busy with childern the past few weeks so have put most things on hold but now I am back full force! Right now I am working on a Breast Cancer quilt. Hopefully I will blog on it this week end so that everyone can at least see the start.
Lyn
- At 7:48am on June 13, 2008,
cinzia said… - removed as requested... hopefully
- At 3:29am on June 11, 2008,
Keith said…
- Thank you for the information on what you use and for your compliment. I am a beginner.
- At 12:02am on June 11, 2008,
Anne Gailhbaud said… - Sorry, I am in late for the answer to your questions about the threads employed in my embroideries (my album of round embroideries)
I use everything, but chiefly DMC mouliné (only 3 threads on the 6)
But also perlé, and very often I dye in the micro wave because I find that it's funny!!!
I like also what you do!
Anne
- At 9:44am on June 10, 2008,
Claire Hilton said… - Thanks Keith I am really happy with the way that the baby quilt is turning out I don't always have a finished vision in my head I just tend to start & keep going till I'm happy so now I have to decide what to do for the borders I will post a pic soon
I am still dithering over stitches on my crazy block
Claire
- At 7:07pm on June 9, 2008,
Claire Hilton said…
- wow you can actually do more than my 3 stitches !! I like that sampler idea I have just finished some stitcheries for a baby quilt I have pics on my blog if you are interested http://quiltygal.blogspot .com
Claire
- At 3:13am on June 9, 2008,
Gina E. said… - Hi Keith,
Your herringbone sampler is excellent! I'm still working on mine, and may even 'borrow' one or two of your ideas, if you don't mind?
I had a look at your blog and have bookmarked several of your links to U.S. government aged care sites. I have been working in this field for 10 years and am always interested to know what is happening in other countries in regard to aged care. I only read one or two of your posts, and you sound like just the right person for your job! I bet like me, you have come across a few people who should NEVER have been allowed to work with the elderly...
Cheers,
Gina in Australia
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