Kafferepet
I have been working on the last few (broken) quilting lines on the inner border. Rope Stitch all along.
Swedish Cushion
Thank you for all your kind comments on last week's horse. It was very rewarding work! My friend and award winning quilter, Jacquie Harvery, even had her connections at DMC UK place it on their Pinterest site.
As you can see from this picture I have started work on the last quarter. The cushion will be oblong with the horse and the newly started area on one side and the other sections on the other. In that way the cushion will become reversible.
To make the fabric fit into a hoop I have basted support fabric on the corner.
This week's progress is the star on the corner, and I ticked three stitches off the list. (#7 has been used many times before).
The TAST stitches used are:
#24 Palestrina (orange perle 8)
#10 Running Stitch (light rust perle 8 and laced with green silk)
#7 Detached Chain (threads as above)#115 Whipped Long Tail Chain (red, blue, rust and light green perle 8)
33 comments:
Oh, so pretty. It is such fun watching the spaces fill up.
I am now trying to make a design where I can add a lot more of the TAST stitches! A challenge!
how good to see a bigger area of the cushion, it really is looking amazing and to have all your tast stitches on it will be wonderful. The rope stitch is looking good too
If you can include all those extra stitches I think you will deserve some sort of embroidery medal! It looks lovely already and I bet YOU can do it if anyone can!
I literally gasped when I saw the over all picture of the cushion–it's absolutely beautiful and really exciting to look at! I'd love to see an over all picture of your quilt too, but know from experience how tricky it can be to take such shots.
Wonderful progress and amazing to see how many TAST stitches you have used!
Do you think I can find a place for the rest? There are quite a few!
Thank you! I just wish I could name each TAST stitch, but I can't!
How kind of you to say so. I hope it will be an embroidered medal!
Your words make me so happy, Elizabeth.
If you want to see the quilt top in whole, before I started quilting, there is a picture here: http://queeniepatch.blogspot.jp/2013/11/wipw-ready-to-quilt.html
It's a pretty star. I'm looking forward to see how many TAST stitches you can add to the remaining part of your cushion!
All your rope stitches are looking wonderful on your Kafferepet and that is great to have 60 TAST stitches so far all on one piece. Your pillow is such a creative work of art and will definitely be something you will always be proud of.
I really like your style! Your work is delightful.
Seeing each new stitch and pattern has been great but the larger view of your cushion is just superb.
The cloud filling inside the Sailor's stitch is beautiful.
Thank you. I was amazed I had added 60 stitches, but appalled that there were so many left to add!
I will do my best to add them all!
I knew that pillow was going to be beautiful, and it is. As for your Kafferepet, all those stitches. What a feat.
It is lovely to the hole of you work .Thanks for your wishes starting on the mend.
Your cushion looks lovely, seeing all the patterns and colours together gives a good indication of what the finished cushion is going to look like and I love it . I don't know much about swedish design but you have done the country proud!
I am so glad to hear you like the cushion. It is a mix of traditional patterns and my idea of them. Often I had to let the TAST stitch decide the pattern.
Thank you, I hope you are feeling loads better now.
Good to hear you approve. Words from the expert is always reassuring.
Yes, I needed to make those circles to have somewhere to put the Cloud Filling.
When I read your blog this morning, I was reminded of Svartstick, the Swedish version of Blackwork. Can and should I add that somewhere?
Your cushion is looking wonderful! And I didn't mention last time that I thought using rope stitch for quilting is an excellent idea.
Good job on using all those TAST stitches. You have a good eye.
I was very happy, and still am, when I started quilting with the Rope stitch. The whole purpose of me joining TAST was to learn neat stitches that I could use for - QUILTING. Then of course I got side tracked as the stitches are so lovely to use for - EMBROIDERY! Ha, ha!
Thank you, Beth. It is always fun to find a use for a stitch learned!
Hi Queenie, I'm all behind this week ! Your Swedish cushion is looking magnificent !
So many different stitches add so much interest...An heirloom in progress, well done !
Love the orange flower on the Kafferepet.......
I'm doing an introduction to Embroidery workshop on 5th july...My first so wish me luck
hugs
Chris Richards
xxx
You will have a wonderful workshop. The work you produce is such an inspiration to all, and the dragonfly tutorial you made was excellent. All first class!
Your swedish cushion is beautiful. I can't imagine how you manage to use 60 stitches and there are 46 more....
Thank you Queenie ! You give me comfort.......xx
They are daunting numbers, aren't they?
At least you are still using those stitches.
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