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Susan
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Define Japanese Embroidery
Started this discussion. Last reply by Susan Jun 27, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes
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- What textiles are you interested in?
- Traditional hand embroidery is my major interest. I have tried many techniques over the last 10 years but recently have concentrated on Crewel Work, Japanese Embroidery, Goldwork and Drawn Thread Work. The first three share many similarities in stitch, design and technique. The Drawn Thread work is something else again which will probably lead into new areas - Reticella and Ruskin lace among them. I also love samplers.
- Where did you learn your textile skills?
- My mother was a Domestic Science (Needlework and Cooking) teacher so I learned a lot at home and later at technical school but most of my embroidery skills I have learned through classes at the Embroiderers Guild over the last ten years.
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Best Birthday Present Ever
Posted on March 19, 2009 at 17:44 1 Comment 0 Likes
My introduction to embroidery came from my mother at an early age, through school lessons and later with craft magazines and simple kits but I didn't really get into embroidery in a big way until the year I turned 40. My mother was a member of the Embroiderers Guild and was thrilled when I asked if I could join too. My birthday present from my parents was membership of the Embroiderers Guild, Victoria and I haven't looked back since. I have learned so much, gained wonderful friends and had a… Continue
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Thank you for the nice comments and encouragement. Susan, your work is precious! very inspiring
You are so very welcome. Your stitches are beautiful. hugs Elaine
Thank you for the compliment and thanks also for the info Susan. I haven't tried drawn thread work yet, but it is on my bucket list. I am just amazed at all the variations you have done and how beautifully you have done them. I just hope I live long enough and will be healthy long enough to try everything I want to try and to use up my stash. Actually, that last part about using up my stash is never going to happen ~ lol.
Best wishes in your hunt! I do know that it's a very common pattern (pretty, too), and crops up again and again. After a while, they become like old friends. I'm no longer exactly sure where we met, but we keep bumping into each other. If I find the other sources I'll let you know. -Kim
Susan,
Thank you for your personal reply. As i am new to this site, this is a great way to get to know someone a little better. All the pieces you have pictured are amazing and terrific. All are difficult techniques and you have aced them. Or Nue is well known for being a .... and you have a perfect piece there.
I am old but attended RSN as a teenager. I am hoping, with my sons help, to get a blog started. I would like to circulate pictures of my samplers. I am currently remounting and reframing them. They are all mounted on masonite and the fabric is rotting out. I need to write a provenance for each one and am looking to see if anyone has any more information on the designs in particular. It was not an informative period in time and we were told very little about what we were doing.
But I had a wonderful and very enriching time spent there.
I have recently written and published an ebook. Stitching Idyllic: Spring Flowers. It is specifically written for new stitchers so the basic, basics are covered. Plus there is innovative stuff for those who well know what they are doing. Browsing is available at www.annbernard.com
Where do you live? I love the fact that this site is world wide.
All the best Ann
Hi Susan,
Thanks for the detailed photos. There's lots to learn from your sampler. It's a prime piece and I'm grateful that you've shared it. On the source for the vine and leaf motif in your Band #34 - it's widely used. You can find a variant of it in the Dover book Charted Folk Designs for Cross Stitch Embroidery, by Fouris, (design #184). They cite it as being "Hellenic" and date to around 1900. It was used by knitting design house Dale of Norway on their Fesdrakt child's cardigan, a pattern published in their book #101 (and reprinted in several collections thereafter). There's a picture of it here. I've also seen it on several commercial cross stitch samplers, and in at least one of the charted collections in The Antique Pattern Library, although I can't find that citation right now. Hope this helps - Kim
Susan,
You are a very talented stitcher. All the techniques you have pictured on your blog are difficult to do and you have done an excellent job on lall of them. Congratulations.
I have never seen Battlemented Couching done with ribbon before but it is perfect for that stitch.
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