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Sequins on Tissue silk

I want to create a wrap for summer wear using low water immersion dyeing and then embellish it with sequins. I'm going to buy a pre-made scarve/wrap to use as my base. I haven't decided on size of s…

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Sequins on Tissue silk
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I'm thinking of doing a project using 3.5 mm tissue silk. It's primarily a dyeing project but I want to embellish it with sequins. Is this an appropriate fabric ground for that embellishment? What me…

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Who is making decorations?

I want to make mini biscornus to go on our tree but I don't think I'm going to get around to it.

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Favourite stitches

What's the difference between surface embroidery and decorative stitching?

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mauvedragon replied to mauvedragon's discussion 'Sequins on Tissue silk'

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Romilly replied to mauvedragon's discussion 'Sequins on Tissue silk'

I've seen silk veils for bellydance embellished this way...they tend to be a bit fragile, but it can be done. I think I'd worry about what you were planning on using the project for - and how big the sequins you're planning on using, how much pressu…

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Lorelei Terry Halley replied to mauvedragon's discussion 'Favourite stitches'

Mauvedragon I tend to like the stitches I do fairly well. Satin stitch and long & short stitch are beautiful, but I do them badly and don't enjoy struggling with them. I really enjoy texture stitches like Palestrina knot, coral knot. I love chain st…

December 10

Elizabeth Cameron replied to mauvedragon's discussion 'Favourite stitches'

My favourite stitch is ghiordes knot or turkey stitch as it's commonly called. I love the fuzziness of bees etc done with this stitch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9u4PA_pvbw Shows you how it's done.

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mauvedragon replied to sharonb's discussion 'Who is making decorations?'

I want to make mini biscornus to go on our tree but I don't think I'm going to get around to it.

December 2

mauvedragon commented on Tessa Anderson's photo 'Rhythm & Blue'

Wow that's amazing looking.

December 2

Nat Uhing replied to mauvedragon's discussion 'Favourite stitches'

the bullion knot, cretan stitch, and the raised fishbone! *yeah!* I love these ones, though I use backstitch and satin stitch 70% of the time...

December 1

Nat Uhing replied to mauvedragon's discussion 'Favourite stitches'

As I learned it at school, some 25 years ago, there are two ways of using the term surface embroidery: One is for stitching that does not enter the fabric, but only weaves, whips, or skims along the upper surface of the fabric, usually using other s…

December 1

Catherine Ronan replied to mauvedragon's discussion 'Favourite stitches'

Hi mauvedragon, I don't know that I have a favorite stitch but I do use the long and short stitch a lot. You might want to buy a good book that demonstrates (with photos) many of the different stitches. The A-Z of Embroidery Stitches published by C…

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November 29

Ruth Lane replied to mauvedragon's discussion 'Help for my first fiber book' in the group Fiber books

Here's Maya's blog address, Carmen. http://millionlittlestitches.blogspot.com/ If you look on the right hand side of The Story of the Traveling Pages blog, you'll find a list of all our participant's blogs that have one. Maya is one of our partici…

November 20

Carmen replied to mauvedragon's discussion 'Help for my first fiber book' in the group Fiber books

What is the whole address for that blog? Dreaming Quilts : ) Carmen

November 20

Liz in Kansas replied to mauvedragon's discussion 'Help for my first fiber book' in the group Fiber books

One of the nice things about making a fiber book is that there are so many options for binding. Just about anything that holds the pages together is good! If you know how many pages you will be putting in, then you can use a running stitch or ladder…

November 16

mauvedragon commented on Tina Abert's photo 'stitch samples'

Which stitches did you use?

November 14

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Embroidery especially cross stitch, sewing

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I did machine sewing at school, I picked up some embroidery basics in the SCA, the rest is from books and the net.

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I also enjoy knitting, reading, and history.

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At 1:56am on December 2, 2009, Carol-Anne said…: The "Rhythm and Blue" picture that you commented on is a good example of what I was referring to when I used the term "decorative stitching". You see how different stitches have been combined to make decorative seam treatments. This piece has used a few stitches in lots of different combinations, add to that the clever use of a limited pallette, some lovely laces and beads and as you say the result is amazing.

At 8:42am on November 29, 2009, Tina Abert said…: I am not really sure of all the stitches....I returned the book to the library but I will try to figure that out.. All of the stitches are on a 14 count canvas worked with a parel 5 DMC fiber. Thank you for your question