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What aspect of textiles are you interested in?: EMBROIDERY

Where did you learn your textle skills?: By taking EGA classes and reading books and patterns.

Anything else you want to say to introduce yourself to the group??: I am interested in learning about drawn thread. I have done very little but will be taking a class on it next year and would like to be semi-prepared for it.

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At 6:21pm on October 6, 2009, Lorelei Terry Halley said…: Marcy
Tomorrow I will remove the blanket stitch flower diagram. Make a copy if you want to before I remove it.

At 7:41am on October 1, 2009, Lorelei Terry Halley said…: Marcy
This is a little late, but I have posted diagrams of that motif you were interested in, among my Hardanger photos. They are from Gina Marion's book.

At 6:47pm on September 25, 2009, Lorelei Terry Halley said…: Marcy
The motif you are interested in is in Gina Marion's DECORATIVE DESIGNS IN HARDANGER, pub 1998, reprinted 1999, on pages 35 and 36. She calls it "blanket stitch flower". It is also in the DMC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEEDLEWORK in the chapter on filet lace. In the one I have it is on page 478, figure 716, where it is called "buttonhole star". The DMC encyclopedia is available to view in toto on the internet. I can't find the url just yet. I'll look some more.

At 4:05pm on September 18, 2009, Lorelei Terry Halley said…: Marcy
Thanks for looking at my new photos. All my Hardanger pieces so far are worked on Hardanger cloth. But I think I'll try some evenweave linen soon. That dark green piece you commented on -- I've just reworked it in lighter color. I'll post a picture when I get it washed and ironed nicely.

Piece H43, the flower motif: you make one weaving stitch over and under the horizontal bar, then make 2 buttonhole stitches on the vertical bar, then one woven stitch over and under the horizontal bar, and then 2 buttonhole stitches on the vertical bar. I found it diagrammed in a booklet by Gina Marion. The 2 buttonhole stitches fill up the vertical bar faster than the woven stitches fill the horizontal bar. If you need a more detailed description, I'll see what I can do.

At 2:26am on May 29, 2009, Margaret Land said…: Marcy,
Your drawn thread work is lovely. I did some of that years ago, but have let it lapse. Your work inspires me to try it again. I love the Christmas tree.

At 9:55am on January 27, 2009, Lorelei Terry Halley said…: Marcy
I've set up a blog on my stitchinfingers page, and have recreated this tutorial there. All the photos and diagrams will pop up immediately when you look at each section, and you won't have to click on each graphic separately. I think it will be easier to use. It is 4:46pm in Chicago on Jan 27. By 7pm local time, the whole thing will be up.
Lorelei

At 5:12pm on January 3, 2009, Lorelei Terry Halley said…: Marcy
It occurs to me that my earlier answer to your question may not have been on target. Perhaps your reference to the flower or snowflake motif meant the filling inside the kloster block unit. The vertical and horizontal bars are woven bars made on the fabric threads left after cutting. The diagonal triangle is 3 twisted thread bars: one going from the center to the corner and twisted around itself 2 or 3 times on the return journey, then another bar laid to the halfway point of the top bar, and another laid to the halfway point of the side bar. Then you needleweave back and forth under and over these three bars. A similar woven triangle can be laid over only 2 twisted thread bars instead of three.
Lorelei

At 3:43pm on January 1, 2009, Lorelei Terry Halley said…: Marcy
My Hardanger design # 53 is my own design. The "flower motif" is a sort of lazy daisy kind of motif that I sometimes put into geometric designs to soften them with plantforms. Give me a bit of time and I'll shoot you the diagram.
Lorelei