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Embroidery RSN Certificate Silk Shading6 July 2019

My RSN Certificate Silk Shading has been assessed

Yesterday evening I received the results of my RSN Certificate Silk Shading project: I got 85%!!! I am really happy with this mark, especially since I have found this technique the most difficult so far. I am also really happy that I managed to get this mark without frogging and restitching a large number of…

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Embroidery RSN Certificate Silk Shading26 May 2019

RSN Certificate Silk Shading

In October 2018 I started the third module of the Royal School of Needlework Certificate course. After previously having completed the Jacobean Crewelwork and Canvaswork module, it was now time to try my hand at Silk Shading. It was really difficult to pick a suitable photograph of a flower. The RSN brief sets many do’s…

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Embroidery Goldwork Ribbon Embroidery Silk Shading Stumpwork27 April 201927 April 2019

Wren Etui

I spotted Jenny Adin Christie‘s wren for the first time when Catherine of Hillview Embroidery and I attended a workshop by Jenny at Au ver à Soie in Paris during their Nuit de la Broderie in February 2018. The odd thing was that at first I never realised that it was embroidered when I saw…

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Books Crochet Embroidery General Goldwork Jacobean Crewelwork Organise Reviews Ribbon Embroidery RSN Certificate Shops Silk Shading31 December 2017

Year 1

Today is the 31st of December. Besides being the last day of 2017 it is also the last day of the first year of the Stitching Sheep and what a year it has been! I am so glad I have taken the plunge last year to launch the Stitching Sheep’s blog and social media accounts.…

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Embroidery Silk Shading8 August 20178 August 2017

Superb Fairy Wrens

Feeling rather brave but a bit mad at the same time having picked my next project. Since I have no WIPs lying around I could pick any of the kits in my stash. I am going to attempt a Trish Burr miniature needle painting design! I picked up this kit at Create in Stitch when…

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Embroidery Silk Shading4 June 201711 June 2017

Finishing my Silk Shading project

It has already been a month since I attended an Introductory Silk Shading day class at the Royal School of Needlework with tutor Helen Richman. With finishing my Hygge shawl and my gold work pheasant I have only just got back to finishing the day class project. Besides really liking the design – an English…

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Embroidery Reviews Silk Shading6 May 201710 June 2017

Silk Shading ‘English Rose’

Just arrived back from my day class at the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) at Hampton Court Palace and I have had a fabulous day. Last October I did a day class on Whitework with Lizzy Pye which I enjoyed so much I signed up for some more courses, the first of which was today.…

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I thought that yesterday I was done posting about my beautiful purchases but when I arrived home today there was a notification from the postie that he had tried to deliver my parcel from @jennyadinchristie (which I only ordered last week) and that it was waiting for me at the Post Office! So I immediately jumped back into my car and was able to pick up my parcel 5 minutes before closing time! I have really loved stitching Jenny’s kits and I was therefore delighted she has opened her own webshop. From the 1st of November she will sell her kits on it but the webshop is already open filled to the rafters with beautiful (often handmade) tools, frames and boxes and embroidery materials. I ended up buying an engraved mellor (with my initials so I will always know which one is mine), an inlaid thread waxer, and some wooden bobbins (as well as some caps for my frame pins and pearl reamers not pictured). I have also put quite a few items on my Christmas list so hopefully Santa is one of my followers on Social Media! If you have not had a look at Jenny Adin-Christie’s new website do, as there are so many nice things you won’t find anywhere else and also have a look after November 1st when her kits will go live! #embroiderytools
One more purchase of the @theknittingandstitchingshows to share: I bought the wooden tool caddy from @beyond_measure_uk and I love it 😍😍😍 It is handmade from birch ply and solid walnut. It has two big compartments (picture 2) but there are four different types of trays (picture 4) to fit in side and in picture 3 you can see the ones I have picked. Can’t wait to start filling my caddy with my embroidery tools. I will of course share pictures of it in use, as I am sure it will be an item I will treasure for years to come! #toolcaddy
Loving my new @toft_uk goodies I got at the @theknittingandstitchingshows on Thursday (pictured with the leg gauge, centraliser and standard leg pattern tool I already had). Love the style, which is just perfect for my craftroom. Also really love Toft’s collaboration with @katrinkles_knitting_jewelry for the lovely wooden tools! Wish all tools could be like this, instead of plastic. In case you are wondering the toolbag and notions purse are made of cork. It has a really nice feel and texture to it and I love the natural pattern the cork creates. #edsanimals
Look what was waiting for me when I got home yesterday: two bookazines from #creationpointdecroix with Peter Rabbit designs 😍😍😍 (superfast delivery from @gaerenhuys!) I had my eyes on a copy of Veronique Enginger’s 2007 book ‘Le Monde de Beatrix Potter’ with Peter Rabbit patterns for ages but that book is sadly not available anymore and 2nd hand copies are going for ridiculous prices. So when I spotted an advert for these bookazines in a regular issue of Création Point de Croix magazine I had to order them. There have been two installments (so far). The first has an alphabet and many smaller designs, the 2nd mainly has large designs. #crossstitch
Unpacking and sorting out all of my embroidery stuff now I have arrived back home. Sorted all of the lovely fabrics for my RSN diploma appliqué project, I have collected this past week, together in a box. That way all the bits will stay together until I go back to the RSN at the end of February. Looking at the contents I can already see the project coming together! #rsndiploma
A very productive last class of this week. Started two more stitches and both the tutor and I came to the conclusion that the shade on the sampled piece looks nothing like when it is stitched on the real project as they turn out far too dark. I am stitching most of it in machine thread and that seems to be working. I can always darken it should I need to, making it lighter is a bigger problem. Lots of homework to get done before I am back at the end of February as I need to finish the monument (apart from the spires), the sky, the hills and the foliage. Fingers crossed that will all go well so I can work on the more fiddly pieces when I am back. #rsndiploma
Day 3 of my RSN diploma blackwork module. As you can tell it was a bit of a mixed bag today. Got a few more stitches done and worked on the shading. One of the new stitches had to come out though as it was too dark (despite sampling) and I couldn’t really get any shading in. I have booked another class on Friday with one of today’s tutors so I can have another go. I will also need to work on the stitchblend as it was too neat and I need to make the transfer less mathematical and more random 😬! I will draw the entire blend so I can make it look random by planning it all out as I don’t think I can do it any other way. The patterns come quite naturally to me and slowly getting more confident with the shading. It is a slow process but learning from trying, getting it right and from making mistakes and fixing them. #rsndiploma
2nd blackwork class today. Worked on shading the pattern for the monument. Really getting into comparing the greys to see which (combination of) thread(s) I need but it really takes some getting used too. We also decided on some of the other patterns I will be using. Tonight I need to sample the stitch blend for sky as it has been quite fiddly to make it work. Tomorrow I will start stitching a few of the other patterns so I have lots of things to get on with at home before I am back in February. #rsndiploma
Had an absolutely fabulous day out with @thislittlethread_london today. She showed me around the fabric shops of Soho and Brick Lane. We saw some beautiful fabric and amazing shops absolutely packed to the rafters. We enjoyed lunch at the beautiful art deco Brasserie Zèdel (see stories). Apart from a few fun bits I got lots of fabrics for my upcoming RSN diploma pieces. Bought some beautiful dark burgundy velvet (left) from @clothhouse for my advanced goldwork, the perfect colours of silk organza (middle) from @borovickfabrics and a pack of fat quarters from @libertylondon for my appliqué. I also bought some silk dupion (right) for a goldwork kit and clear craft plastic (bottom) for making a craft bag, both from Brick Lane, and a teal cotton ribbon and an ‘Italics’ patch from Liberty.

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