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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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My first thimble from Japan. Not a proper Japanese thimble, but a rather novel one as it is made from bamboo. It displays the O-torii gate on Miyajima we visited today (see stories) #thimblecollection
Our first full day in Japan and already a needlecraft purchase! I bought this little 3d cross stitch kit from @hobbyra_hobbyre at the @iwataya_honten store in Fukuoka. They had so many lovely kits, it was difficult to choose just one. I think the shop assistant guessed I was debating which kit I should choose as she popped a magazine with their newest range in my bag! I am sure I will visit another branch during the rest of our stay in Japan! #embroideryshopping
When @katebarlow_embroidery shared the contents of her embroidery toolkit as part of #marchmeetthemaker I had to ask where she bought her sheep scissors from, they were so cute! They are sold by @hawthornhandmade and are made by @kelmscottdesigns. Following a quick order, the Stitching Sheep has got her own pair of sheep scissors! Are there any other sheep-embroidery-goodies I should know about? 😉 #stitchingsheep
Couldn’t resist and put a couple more stamens in this evening after work. #rsncertificate
Finished the petals and leaves! All that is left is the centre and the stamens that surround it. I also need to check the petals for missed stitches as I am sure there are plenty. I am using my magnifier to find them but as it strains my eyes I am alternating it with putting the outside ring of stamens in. I figured I should do the outside ring before the centre is filled up so I’ll have any easy space to start and finish my threads and putting a holding stitch between each bullion. Once the centre is filled I need to keep flipping my slate frame over, which I will need to do for the inner ring of stamens. Hopefully I will have some more time to stitch next weekend after which I will come back to finish it after our holidays. #rsncertificate
Even though I am itching to finish I thought I would be sensible and finish for today as otherwise I will rush and ruin it. There is only a small part of the final petal to do but also I need to check all of the petals for missed stitches as I am sure there are plenty. That will be a job for next weekend as I am back at work tomorrow. I am looking back on a very successful long stitching weekend. Thank you all for your lovely comments over the past few days. There have been so many and it has given me so much motivation! #rsncertificate
Petal 6 and 7 ✔️! Really in a flow today and I have even started to actually enjoy silk shading! Hope to be able to work on the final petal tomorrow! Can’t wait to see what it looks like with all of the petals done before I start the the centre. #rsncertificate
The perfect weekend to get lots of homework done on my RSN certificate (silk shading module): 1. The weather is grey and dreich, 2. It is a bank holiday weekend for me, 3. Carnaval is in town which definitely isn’t my cup of tea, 4. my boyfriend is away on a cycling weekend. Got lots done on the 6th petal and hope I’ll be able to finish it tomorrow! This petal really creates some more depth in my anemone. #rsncertificate
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