I made curved lines with cups and plates, stitched Running Stitches in lime green on those lines and then Whipped them with a variety of fancy threads, mainly in orange.
Child's play or contemporary art?
Friday, 2 June 2017
Friday Homework for Lesson 23 - Whipped Running Stitch
This is my homework for Sunday Stitch Nursery School.
I made curved lines with cups and plates, stitched Running Stitches in lime green on those lines and then Whipped them with a variety of fancy threads, mainly in orange.
The fabric puckered beautifully.
Child's play or contemporary art?
I made curved lines with cups and plates, stitched Running Stitches in lime green on those lines and then Whipped them with a variety of fancy threads, mainly in orange.
Child's play or contemporary art?
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
WIPW - Still Ripping
I am still ripping off paper from the back of the
Trinity Green
quilt.
Last week's status:
This week's progress:
Rip, rip, rip, oops did I just rip a seam as well?! Slowly does it, as Carolyn says!
No need to comment!
Trinity Green
quilt.
Last week's status:
This week's progress:
Rip, rip, rip, oops did I just rip a seam as well?! Slowly does it, as Carolyn says!
No need to comment!
Sunday, 28 May 2017
Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 23: Whipped Running Stitch
Welcome to Sunday Stitch School's lesson of the week. Today we are playing it safe with a stitch that many learned already in nursery school, Whipped Running Stitch.
It can be found in almost any basic Stitch guide. In several books it is also known as Cordonnet Stitch. Do you remember that name from Lesson 19: Satin Stitch Outline?!
In Swedish it goes under the names of Snodda Förstygn or Förstyng med Kastsöm.
In French it is called Point avant Surjeté.
Obviously you start with a line of Running Stitches, then whip them with a thread of contrasting colour or texture:
Easier than easy!
On my Aida sampler I used a dull purple and pistachio green perle 8.
Homework:
On this plain wool fabric, doodle lines of Running Stitches.
Whip them using a collection of fancy threads (from Oliver Twist's orange set) and chenille (from Art Fiber Endo of Kyoto).
It can be found in almost any basic Stitch guide. In several books it is also known as Cordonnet Stitch. Do you remember that name from Lesson 19: Satin Stitch Outline?!
In Swedish it goes under the names of Snodda Förstygn or Förstyng med Kastsöm.
In French it is called Point avant Surjeté.
Obviously you start with a line of Running Stitches, then whip them with a thread of contrasting colour or texture:
Easier than easy!
On my Aida sampler I used a dull purple and pistachio green perle 8.
Homework:
On this plain wool fabric, doodle lines of Running Stitches.
Whip them using a collection of fancy threads (from Oliver Twist's orange set) and chenille (from Art Fiber Endo of Kyoto).
Saturday, 27 May 2017
Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2018 - Partnership Quilt project - Tree of Life
It is time to make a quilt block for NHK's Partnership Quilt Project at Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2018, to be held in Tokyo Dome in January next year.
More information can be found on the official website.
Under the tag NHK, above, you can read about this project and see my previous entires.
The theme this time is TREE OF LIFE.
In the recent TV program and on the website, the suggestions are many and free.
What is Tree of Life?
It could be the tree itself, it could be the leaves, flowers, fruit, seeds....
It could be the birds and animals that live in the tree.
It could be the carved grafitti on the trunk.
It could, I guess, even be a family tree!
For anyone who wants to send in and donate a block to this charity quilt project, here are the rules:
More information can be found on the official website.
Under the tag NHK, above, you can read about this project and see my previous entires.
The theme this time is TREE OF LIFE.
In the recent TV program and on the website, the suggestions are many and free.
What is Tree of Life?
It could be the tree itself, it could be the leaves, flowers, fruit, seeds....
It could be the birds and animals that live in the tree.
It could be the carved grafitti on the trunk.
It could, I guess, even be a family tree!
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| Made by Harue Yumoto |
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| Made by Misako Sano |
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| My entry 2017 (Gardening) |
For anyone who wants to send in and donate a block to this charity quilt project, here are the rules:
- one block per person
- 15 cm x 15 cm for the motif, add a seam allowance of 1-2 cm on all sides
- flimsy block, i.e. no wadding, no quilting
- your name should be written with pen in the seam allowance of the lower right hand corner
- your block should have reached NHK by 31st July, 2017
- enclose a note with your name, address, tel no, email address
- (for entries within Japan) if you also enclose a pre stamped Japanese postcard (62 yen) with your name and address filled in, it will be returned to you with the number of which quilt your block has been added to
- send to:
Partnership Quilt
NHK Sutekini Handmade
2-2-1 Jinnan
Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-8001
Japan
NHK Sutekini Handmade
2-2-1 Jinnan
Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-8001
Japan
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