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Another little hiccup
I finished the golden roses, in straight gilt passing and added some gilt purls for the stamens in the centre.Then I started on the pink rose. The outer petals are silver passing and the inner are...
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Closing moves
I haven't got the gilt Sylke twist I ordered in time, but a friend has sent me some blue, a pink and a green, so I decided to go ahead with what I had. And yes it makes a difference. The photos don't...
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Finishing off
Those eagle eyed amongst you will notice a slight difference to the front of the bag. Yes, I couldn't resist fiddling, I took off the silver passing petals and replaced them with ones in Gilt Sylke...
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What now?
Having finished the Sweete Bag for Gawthorpe Hall it was time to take some R&R and where better than the Scottish Borders.We really were this close to the Tweed, England is the opposite bank, and...
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Bit of Goldwork
I've finished Mark's slippers and have now moved on to another commission.First to tack on the design........there is a pattern here, honest!A gold coloured silk is appliqued down and the design tacks...
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Fishy Tales!
Having completed the central elements, apart from the hound that I'm thinking about, I've moved onto the supporting dolphins. The crown is known as a celestial crown and has stars at the top of each...
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Spacing and symmetry
Having done one side of the design last week, it is time to work the other and to try and make sure that they are symmetricalAfter that, it's time to work the lettering in the ribbons. I laid out the...
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Chair Seat
The cushion front is completed and waiting to be made up. So, keeping busy with jobs I have to do, I'm now working a chair seat cover for a friend. Sadly, not my own design, but one from Beth Russels's...
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Hello again!
Well, I have completed some things since I last posted.The cushion was made up and a gold cord stitched around the edge with knotted cornersKnotted cord cornersThe chair seat was mounted on a newly...
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A white peacock
I have decided to continue my studies by taking the Royal School of Needlework's Advanced Diploma in Fine Whitework with Tracy A Franklin in Durham. This is worked on 65 count fine linen so it is a...
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Watch the birdie!
Still a lot of trailing to go, but I can now also work on the body of the peacock.The main body is worked in 60/2 cotton lace thread in a darning stitchDarning stitch bodyThe feathers are worked...
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A stitchy tail...
I worked the tail feathers for the peacock in pulled thread stitches as one of the first things I did. Now it is time to define them with padded satin stitch and trailing.Padded satin stitch And to...
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Weaving a story
I'm working the last stages of my Whitework now but probably the most scary.First a section of drawn thread work. Random widths of threads were removed and hemmed with traditional hemstitch or...
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Life after fine whitework!
Mm, I haven't posted for some time, and time as they say goes so quickly.Well I have been doing some embroidery over the last few months, so where was I?I had just about finished my fine whitework...
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Magna Carta 800
Last year I found out that I had been selected as one of the members of the Embroiderers Guild who were each to embroider a picture for Cornelia Parker's 'Magna Carta, An Embroidery' now on show in the...
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Something Special
I am currently working up a delightful owl for Nicola Jarvis, one of her bird embroideries. He is worked on silk dupion with Au Ver a |Soie threads in a veritable rainbow of colours.Here is a sneeky...
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Owl's progress
The owl's wings are made up of a variety of stitches and patterns. Having done the french knot stars the lower wing is a trellis of satin stitch and detached chain with french knot centres.Trellis...
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Coming together
The rose leaves were worked after the background seeding on the wing and then the blue flower all in long and short stitch. There are french knots to go in the centre of the rose along with some more...
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Ready to fly home.
The little crown is couched Jap thread and sequins and beads.Adding the crownThe final sequins in the centre of the crown and he is ready to go back to Nicola. I have loved working him, and the colour...
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Sampling
I started working a beadwork sampler at the end of last year, after I finished my Magna Carta panel.I used Shelley Cox's RSN Bead Embroidery book to work these samples with canvas work stitches. The...
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Church work
I've been doing a bit of ecclesiastical work recently.A little while ago I was asked to make a stole for a priest's ordination ceremony. The only stipulation was that it had to reference Durham where...
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New Paths to Follow
I'm back home now after teaching Blackwork to members of the NE region of the Embroiderers Guild at their summer school in Wooler. A lovely group, they were so keen and such a pleasure to teach that...
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First term with the RSN
Sorry I haven't posted much recently, it's been a bit hectic!But here's what I've been up to this first term of my course. First I did my individual samples of the whitework module - can't seem to get...
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Quick catch up
Another busy term has gone by too quickly! I completed the silk shading and whitework modules - now just the assessments to wait for.Silk Shaded SquirrelDrawn thread workBroderie AnglaiseShadow work
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Well hello...........
Hello, long time no see!I thought a catch up was long over due and I could share the news that I am now officially a Royal School of Needlework Graduate Tutor.Yes, I survived the Future Tutor course...
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