Filed under: Brandywine Chapter, Crewel Wreath by Lucy Edmison, Embroidery Guild of America, Petite Projects
A hot start to summer seems like a good time to post this.
Members of my EGA Brandywine chapter gathered to stitch The Crewel Wreath by Lucy Edmison in mid-March. Joann had gathered all the materials for the kits, which were given out free to members. And, I led folks through the EGA Petite Project, although they really didn’t need much guidance.
Joann supplied Appleton wool, which is the preferred wool for crewel. I used it and it worked ok but I am just not a fan of it or wool in general. In the 3 hours I got pretty far along but Barbara was almost done! I know it’s not a race. Barbara said she just allowed the stitching to flow and that is how you should let random placement progress. I used up almost all of the wool. So this one is a little fuller.
I am particularly happy with how the bow turned out. Joann shared how bows were made from “Sandy’s Finishing Touches” by Sandy Higgins. It took me 2 attempts to get the correct size. Joanne had given us plenty of ribbon.
My first wreath is on the left and my second on the right.
I did the finishing myself.
Crewel Wreath 1 was posted previously at https://melitastitches4fun.com/2023/12/03/post-dec-6-crewel-wreath-by-lucy-edmison-from-egas-website-for-the-brandywine-chapter/
Filed under: ANG CyberPointer's Chapter, Landscape Features: A Notebook Class by Gail Stafford
Lesson 3 of Gail Stafford’s Landscape Features class moved us through water, distant trees, and bushes. I tried out 3 water stitches, 6 stitches in the distant tree line on the left, 2 bushes on the left, a large bush, and 2 trees on the right.
Two grasses are stitched on the right, but we will cover even more ground as grasses are up next in Lesson 4 (pun intended)! And I’ll probably do something in the distant mountain range on the right. I didn’t notice it until I posted this photo. I still have a lot of areas left!
Filed under: ANG CyberPointer's Chapter, Landscape Features: A Notebook Class by Gail Stafford
Lesson 2 for trees and leaves of Landscape Features by Gail Stafford is done.
The tree on the far left has padding thinning at the top ends and is covered in diagonal gobelin.
The branches on the far upper right are padded and covered with straight gobelin done horizontally for the branches bending down and vertically for the top branch that lies horizontally.
The center tree employed the outline stitch layered using Watercolours on the base and then Simply Wool too make it a well rounded trunk!
I did not add leaves to the line drawing on the left because I did not want to cover the sky. The leaves moving counter clockwise from the right are double layered cross, Smyrna, upright cross, cross/giant cross, large/small diamond ray, and Dutch stitch.
This lovely handkerchief arrived in the mail from a woman I helped get back into needlepoint to thank me for helping her with a new issue she was dealing with. It’s from France. A delicate flower design.
Just look at all the fall colors in the tote!
Between the by Mindy bookmark canvas and the lovely fall colored threads, I am set for autumn. I can choose between DMC and Presencia Finca Perle! I’ll have plenty of thread left over for other projects.
The PHL is a cute magnet since I live in Philly.
Linda presented everything in a perfectly arranged, very handy tote. Quite the birthday bonanza!
Linda found another winner with the matching Mad for Plaid project bags (10x13x3 and 6x9x1) in the color, Pumpkin.
It includes a motif to stitch and various DMC Perle #5 threads to use. Or, I can do whatever pleases me!
The design is cute and would probably be less complicated than whatever I would think to do. I’m leaning towards using the design as supplied on the large bag and doing something else on the smaller bag. So, I have to ponder on this one for a bit!
As I recall, Jim Wurth retired when I was early into canvaswork and felt his pieces would be too difficult for me. But, I did like them. Now, I’ll finally get to stitch one of his designs, Silken Sonata, thanks to Linda. It’s a lovely 4″x4″ piece on a green canvas with copper and beige threads. It’s a lovely design with colors I love. Linda even included the needles! She’s so thoughtful. This is the second posting in my special Birthday Bonanza! The mug was the first.
For a small piece, it is packed with Jean Hilton type stitches, including Sprats and Jessicas of different sizes with Smyrnas and Eyelets. Some overlaying of threads is needed, which will be interesting as well.
I’m excited to start this.
Look at this amazing magnet. The white to part actually turns! It’s 2″ across and so strong. Accoutrement Designs has excellent magnets. Such good quality. Birthday gift to myself.
I’m using my new mug, Taking it one STITCH at a time, from Linda to help me get organized. This is only one of a few gifts for my birthday, which is one of the big ones as far as birthdays go! Thanks to Linda for thinking of me and for the fun new projects (subjects of future posts).
The mug clears up some table space next to where I stitch. The tall wooden holder outgrew my needs and would periodically tip over. But it’s great for holding my skinny tools and scissors. So, I put the wooden holder inside the mug and added the stuff that had been laying flat.
One of my goals is to get organized. It’s tough to get my mind around this, but taking one area at a time is like taking one stitch at a time – right!?! The rest of the table space still needs to be organized, so I am posting only the mug! But, I am going back to my table space now.
Filed under: All That Simmers by Sundance Beads, ANG Main Line Stitchers Chapter
I had the stitching all done prior to our Stitch-in yesterday. I manipulated the overdyed so that the dark areas fell on the outer edge and the light portion of ThreadworX 1006 appeared in the full diamonds to emphasize the diamond motifs in Ribbon 2.
With a little push, the Silver Square (MA006) metallic accent fit perfectly into the bed of beads, which was then anchored into place with another bead. I used 2 strands of beading thread. Believe it or not, that’s the beading needle laying in the yellow area looking mangled! It started out straight.
I would have gotten it done during our Stitch-in, but since we were at Fireside Stitchery, I spent some time buzzing around the threads for my butterfly. I found some good ones, but that is for another post.
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