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Learning the Technique, and the Colour Scheme
Ok, I’m a bad bad blogger. Slap my paws! I’ve done quite a bit on Sally’s Ribbon Embroidery Project, and have several entries I need to write up – so watch this space in upcoming days as I catch up!To...
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Design and Framing The Ground
For the design, I selected a free design from Di Van Niekirk’s free design pagehttp://www.dicraft.co.za/freed.phpIt’s not there now – she must have changed them.Here it is – with my scribblings all...
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A Start Made
The skeletal stems are done, obviously. Whipped straight stitch for the main one (with all the curvy bits) and stem stitch for the other two, in 4mm ribbon.Area done so far in close up…..The two roses...
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The Colour Purple
At http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/10/13/needle-exchange-stay-gold-part-iii/(an entry/series worth reading!) there’s a photograph of a goldwork beetle. (Needlework News featured the site today) This...
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More Done
I won’t go into a discussion of the stitches used, unless someone wants to ask a question about how something was made.It’s really starting to come together. I think the use of the DMC and perle thread...
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Go on An Adventure
This was Roses and Pansies : I had a discussion with a couple of embroidery friends (thankyou Rachel of VirtuoSew Adventures) and we agree there was too much going on- the shot blue plus red = purple...
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Some Adjustments
I had a basic design problem with Roses and Pansies that was bothering me.This is how the piece looked the last time I blogged about it – I’d just removed the 3 major light green stems and calyxes...
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Design Question for Y’All
Finally, some decent photos!If you feel like I’ve suddenly taken a leap since you last saw photos of the piece – I actually posted an entry earlier today, that had been sitting in my Drafts folder for...
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Embroidery Finished
Yay! I just spent two afternoons working hard, and I’ve finished the embroidery.Regarding the empty space, I filled it with leaves from both sides.Thankyou so much for all of the advice I ended up...
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Photos of the Finished Piece
I mentioned awhile back that my camera/computer connection and I were having an argument.I solved it by switching the connection cable from a USB hub to a USB port at the back of my computer (hint –...
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