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Embroidery Needle Painting20 August 201720 August 2017

Wrens in the making

I started stitching Trish Burr’s ‘For the Love of Wrens’ design nearly two weeks ago and so far I have stitched the branch, the tails and the eyes and I can truly say it is the most challenging kit I have stitched so far. As I mentioned in my post about starting this kit, I…

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Some of you might remember I took part in @fibreshare in the autumn of last year. Fibreshare is about meeting new people in the ‘fibre-community’ through a yarn swap and last year they also invited embroiderers to join. You get paired with two people: one will send you a gift and you have to send a gift to the other. One of my partners was @emlyt who was relatively new to embroidery and who I send a parcel containing a large variety of threads and fabrics so she could try out lots of different techniques. Unfortunately I never received a parcel myself from my other partner. This is where the fibreshare team jumped in and send me a replacement parcel! 😍😍😍 I had never expected to receive such a lovely parcel as a replacement! It even included embroidery goodies which I was really surprised about as fibreshare is mainly yarn based! It even had some sheepy goodies too! Thank you @loom_denim from Fibreshare for my lovely parcel!!! In stories you will find the unboxing video. It is quite long as there was just so much to unwrap. Please ignore the sniffles in the background as I have to worst cold in the universe and I have been ill 😷 at home for the past couple of days. So nice to receive a fabulous like this to cheer me up! #teamembroidery
Third petal done and I have also done the split-stitch outline for the next petal. Slow progress is still progress... #rsncertificate
Well that is me for this weekend. Wish I had a few days off coming up to keep this momentum going but hopefully it is still there next weekend. Need to finish the petal I am working on and the central one (with the directional lines drawn on) before I go back to HCP in 5 weeks time. Might even have time for the bottom petal if the momentum keeps up! #royalschoolofneedlework
Well, that is me for today. Petal 2 done, and petal 3 well under way. (In addition 4 loads of laundry done and homemade mexican-style buritos are in the oven! ☺️) Hopefully I can find some more stitching time tomorrow as keeping a momentum really helps. Has anyone got any good tips on photographing embroidery on silk as whichever lighting I try I can’t get the colours to come out like the real thing. #rsncertificate
This silk shading ‘thing’ is such a rollercoaster for me. One moment I am really happy with what I have done and the next I think it is absolutely awful. I am living with what I have done though as this technique takes forever. I have put in about 3,5 hrs of stitching and I have not even finished the second petal. More tomorrow.... hopefully I will be able to finish the petal and maybe even start another. Can someone please send me some gnomes to do my laundry tomorrow?! #embroiderychallenge
My first few stitches of 2019 are in! Picked up my wren project by Jenny Adin-Christie for stitching in the evenings. I received a stand for my daylight lamp so I can work easier in the evening and where I want. Planning to work on my silk shading for a couple of full days at the weekend to get some momentum going so my wren will provide a nice change for the other days of the week! #embroiderylove
With less than fifteen minutes until the end of 2018, these are my best nine. Can’t believe that the picture of the needlepoint cushion I posted today has already made the top nine. 5 pictures are of my RSN certificate canvaswork and one of my RSN certificate crewelwork. The final embroidery picture is of Helen Richman’s Chaffinch crewelwork kit I stitched. I am really happy to see that a picture of my printer’s cabinet, literally my biggest project of the year, has also made the top nine. Wishing everyone a very happy and healthy 2019! Thank you so much for all of your support! #2018bestnine
New blogpost about my finished needlepoint cushion! (kit by @hannahbassneedlepoint) #craftblogger
Finished!!! 😍😍😍 I love how my cushion turned out. The design is by @hannahbassneedlepoint and is called London Light. I have made my own cushion from the finished needlepoint by using pink and blue Romo Linara cotton linen to make the piping and backing. Look out for some more (close-up) pictures and a blog post later today or tomorrow! #needlepoint

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