Traditional Embroidery of Guimarães, Portugal
"I especially like those thick leaves. It looks like bullion knots. Did you put padding underneath the leaves, too?"
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Lorelei Halley
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Lorelei Halley commented on Yolande's photo
Flower and Hearts - detail 2
"This whole piece is spectacular. All the detailed surface embroidery adds a lot to the total effect. Very well done!"
Lorelei Halley commented on Julia's photo
Hardanger Bookmark
"Very nice. Julia, are you a member of the Friends of Hardanger group, here on stitchinfingers?"
Lorelei Halley replied to Jarmi Barta's discussion Puncetto in the group Lace Makers"Zuleika
Please try the needlelacetalk site in the link I posted here. There are stitch diagrams, patterns, book lists. There are several online tutorials, which are very recent and very good. There are links to all these…"
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- What textiles are you interested in?
- I design and make embroideries. My favorites are pulled thread work and Hardanger embroidery. I started a little pulled thread work 30 years ago, but have been doing more of it since 2003. I love lace, and am an avid bobbin lace maker, but am also learning needle lace. For embroideries I work only my own designs. For bobbin lace I work the designs of others, but also design my own as well. For needlelace I work mostly my own designs, except when I am learning a style.
http://lynxlace.com/pulledthreadwork.html
http://lynxlace.com/hardangerembroidery.html
http://lynxlace.com/needlelaceintroduction.html
http://lynxlace.com/bobbinlaceintroduction.html
- Where did you learn your textile skills?
- I've learned everything from books. Occasionally I find patterns on the internet. I learned basic surface embroidery from Jacqueline Enthoven's book. For pulled thread I like Moira McNeill & Fangel Winckler. For Hardanger I've used the new Anchor book publ 2005 , Sigrid Bright (Dover reprint), Gina Marion and a few leaflets I found in craft shops. For bobbin lace I have learned mostly from books, but have taken a few workshops. I started needlelace 30 years ago but made a mess. I have since learned better skills with the help of an online group.
- Is there anything else you'd like other members of Stitchin' Fingers to know about you? Please feel free to tell us a little bit about yourself by way of introduction.
- I have written tutorials on bobbin lace, needle lace, pulled thread and Hardanger, all available for free on my website. Please come and visit. My patterns and books (on torchon and bobbin tape lace, and some Hardanger designs) are available for sale at http://lynxlace.com/mybookspatterns.html
- Website:
- http://lynxlace.com
- Second Website or blog
- http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/
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Needle Lace Tutorial
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:20 0 Comments 0 Likes
I have just created and published a needle lace tutorial with very basic stuff: how to set up, basic working methods, beginnings and endings, a few stitches, buttonholing the cordonnet/outline. I've posted it in two places. The content is the same, but they look a little different because the software is different.
http://lynxlace.com/needlelacetutorial.html
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Continue Pulled thread tutorial 1
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
A SIMPLE SAMPLER OF SOME BASIC PULLED THREAD STITCHES
Row 1:
The photo ptsamp3a is a basic sampler I suggest for a beginner to practice on. It is not a hang-on-the-wall type of sampler, but a record for the stitcher's own use, so you can really see what happens with the particular stitch. The sampler is 17" long inside the stitched borders and 9 1/4" wide. I propose to make this into 10 rows, with each row having 3 columns. Each row will be one of the most basic… Continue
Row 1:
The photo ptsamp3a is a basic sampler I suggest for a beginner to practice on. It is not a hang-on-the-wall type of sampler, but a record for the stitcher's own use, so you can really see what happens with the particular stitch. The sampler is 17" long inside the stitched borders and 9 1/4" wide. I propose to make this into 10 rows, with each row having 3 columns. Each row will be one of the most basic… Continue
Comment Wall (273 comments)
- At 5:34 on May 9, 2013,
Yolande said… Thank you Lorelei. I had time to look at your work. Stunning.
- At 14:21 on April 30, 2013,
Toos van Sluijs-Huisman said… Hello Loreley
You wanted to see some details of my flowers, you can see them in my photos . I already
added some photos from the flowers.
Love Toos
- At 7:04 on March 27, 2013,
Bernadette said… Thank you for such a nice comment. I am just fascinated with embroidery. Your work is so delicate and rich. It is fun to study your beautiful stitches.
- At 3:30 on February 18, 2013,
Jessica Grimm said… Dear Lorelei,
Thank you for your nice comments on the completion of my TAST-2012 sampler! It has been a busy few weeks for me with lots of teaching and a knitting and stitching show. This week will see a lot of catching up and some creation of new ideas for future courses and workshops.
Have a nice day, Jessica
- At 20:08 on February 17, 2013,
Salmah Salim said… Lorelei, I was looking at your photo streams. Your work are really, really beautiful. They show your skills and passion about it. I just love it.
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