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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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Finished the twist outline of the goldwork rose pattern (part of the Introduction to Tudor Embroidery course by @gutter_lane_embroidery). Next…to work the details on the leaves, stem and bud. #tudorembroidery
Happy World Embroidery Day everyone! I couldn’t let it pass without working on the third motif of the Tudor Embroidery Course (with @gutter_lane_embroidery) I am taking. Loving stitching on the velvet but it truly is a dust magnet! When I plunged the ends even some leftover pounce came out and created a dust cloud! Really like how the twist is sinking in the pile of the velvet. Hopefully I can work a bit more on it on Sunday! #tudorembroidery
Today felt more like a crochet kind of a day so continued with the ‘Spring blossom scarf’ by @alasascha using @lanagrossa Allora hand-dyed yarn in the colour Neem (251). The pattern looks lovely but I think will come out even better after blocking. Still a while to go though as just over halfway. #crochet
I finally had the time today to take my finished motif 2 of the frame and frame up for motif 3. I also managed to prick, pounce and paint on the design. So all ready for stitching it. (Part of the Introduction to Tudor Embroidery course by @gutter_lane_embroidery) #tudorembroidery
Finished the 2nd motif of the Introduction to Tudor Embroidery Course with @gutter_lane_embroidery I learned so much about stitching cord doing this piece as it was such a challenge to keep a tight twist when doing this motif. It will definitely come in handy when doing future pieces. #tudorembroidery
I had successfully completed the @royalneedlework Certificate course last year. Due to Covid-19 there was no graduation ceremony and it was postponed until this year. As there a still travel restrictions I wasn’t able to attend. Today I received my certificate in the post so I had my own private graduation ceremony. #rsncertificate
Stitching on the cord made from @auverasoie Soie d’Alger is actually much more of a challenge than I thought. It is far more slippy than any other cords I have worked before so it is hard to keep the twist. I even ended up re-twisting the cord completely mid-project. A really lovely project to be learning and challenging myself with. (Design and course by @gutter_lane_embroidery) #tudorembroidery
Cut out and partially applied the velvet cutwork for motif 2. I ended up using some lovely burgundy velvet from my stash as I didn’t like the look of the bright red included after having applied the recommended glue to the back to prevent it from fraying. Instead I cut out the shapes from the burgundy velvet and applied some fray-stop to the edges. I do hope the picture shows how nice the colour is as velvet seems to be even worse for photographs than silk and gold as the burgundy appeared almost black in most of the pictures I had taken (course and design by @gutter_lane_embroidery ) #tudorembroidery
On a roll! Pricked, pounced and painted the design for the 2nd motif of the Introduction to Tudor Embroidery course with @gutter_lane_embroidery This one will be stitched on white wool and includes red velvet cutwork and silk cords. #tudorembroidery

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