For the discriminating gift giver and person with a sense of humor: go check this out and see if you don;t have the wild urge to buy this book!It's called
Killer Slippers and How to Make Them
the link is the side bar as it is too long to show up here.....
ktj
Monday, September 11, 2006
09 11 06 New Flickr Group
There is a new embroidery group over at flickr, "Embroidered Motifs".
Embroidered Motifs>
It for embroiderers using any techniques to post the photos of the motifs they have done. If you have a flickr account you can upload your photos to the group pool. Getting a flickr account is pretty easy if you want one...and I hope you stop by the group and consider joining. Its great eye candy seeing all the embroideries of the different motifs that we use in our work. It is open to all embroiderers, not just crazy quilters. The photo of course should be primarily of the motif and large enough so that we can really see the detail! That's what really makes it fun, learning from, and being inspired by one another!
Hope to see you there.
ktj
It for embroiderers using any techniques to post the photos of the motifs they have done. If you have a flickr account you can upload your photos to the group pool. Getting a flickr account is pretty easy if you want one...and I hope you stop by the group and consider joining. Its great eye candy seeing all the embroideries of the different motifs that we use in our work. It is open to all embroiderers, not just crazy quilters. The photo of course should be primarily of the motif and large enough so that we can really see the detail! That's what really makes it fun, learning from, and being inspired by one another!
Hope to see you there.
ktj
Friday, September 08, 2006
09 08 06 Sandie W.'s Heart arrived!
This wonderful piece of stiching arrived in the mail with a lovely note and some goodies...oooh the lace butterfly, and the gold one.........AND the piece of hand-dyed silk ribbon....thanks you so much Sandie for the work you put into the heart and for being so thoughtful to include little lovely bits!
I really am living among the angels!
ktj
09 07 06 Susan N.'s heart recieved!
Here is Susan Nixon's heart that i got in the mail today! Along of course with a wonderful note and some lovely bits and pieces.....especially mind boggling were the extremely small seed beads......gggggg....will have to look for a needle small enough and a magnifying glass big enough! Thank you Susan for this lovely treat!
09 07 06 Seam 001 -100 details in HOW may days(old post edited)
I am so late getting to do this....gggggggg, it;s more like 100 details in a couple of years for me....but here it is, the first one, from day one...
This is actually based on Sharon's 100 details, day one. If you look closely at it you can see that it really is a series of alternating tirangles, slightly off set because of the bead along the central line..... i drew out the basic lines so that i could go into my sewing room and still remember it! The thread i chose didn;t seem to go well with beads, although now that i have done the seam, i think that some small wooden seed -type beads in bright colors would have done very well. At any rate, what I did was stitch the central horizontal line in blue, add the triangle lines and decided to put a french knot in orangey brown where Sharon had a bead. Pearls just would not have made it here..lol....anyway, i then whipped the lines and the french knot disappeared visually! So of course, i had to find a way to bring it back out, so I wrapped the knot in purple round and round, putting a straight stitch on either side to hold the threads. ok, fine....what next???? Well, in place of the bugle beads(which I had EVERY intention of putting in the seam when i started it) i ended up with bullions. No heart beads, no candy colored flower buttons which i thought would be pretty cool actually, so french knots it was in bright yellow. I really was tired of the values by the time the bright yellow came round and it was a natural choice to brighten it all up...and then, because there there were so many colors by this time, i decided to add the extra line of yellow along the triangles. I think it works very well and looks like a folk art seam to me....so that is what i am calling it, folk art seam 001.
Sharon's day one seam treatment can be found here-just scroll to the bottom of the page!
Day One
ktj
This is actually based on Sharon's 100 details, day one. If you look closely at it you can see that it really is a series of alternating tirangles, slightly off set because of the bead along the central line..... i drew out the basic lines so that i could go into my sewing room and still remember it! The thread i chose didn;t seem to go well with beads, although now that i have done the seam, i think that some small wooden seed -type beads in bright colors would have done very well. At any rate, what I did was stitch the central horizontal line in blue, add the triangle lines and decided to put a french knot in orangey brown where Sharon had a bead. Pearls just would not have made it here..lol....anyway, i then whipped the lines and the french knot disappeared visually! So of course, i had to find a way to bring it back out, so I wrapped the knot in purple round and round, putting a straight stitch on either side to hold the threads. ok, fine....what next???? Well, in place of the bugle beads(which I had EVERY intention of putting in the seam when i started it) i ended up with bullions. No heart beads, no candy colored flower buttons which i thought would be pretty cool actually, so french knots it was in bright yellow. I really was tired of the values by the time the bright yellow came round and it was a natural choice to brighten it all up...and then, because there there were so many colors by this time, i decided to add the extra line of yellow along the triangles. I think it works very well and looks like a folk art seam to me....so that is what i am calling it, folk art seam 001.
Sharon's day one seam treatment can be found here-just scroll to the bottom of the page!
ktj
09 07 06 Hearts recieved
When I first joined the COH Susie Watts sent me a heart without seeing anything I had embroidered. I love this heart, it is so quiet and peaceful..neat and calm. When I scanned the hearts not too long ago i put them on flickr thinking that they would get more exposure that way, but I have decided that they belong here as well....after all this is getting to be the real record of my stitching experiencec, and the swap is part of that.
This is Susie's heart for me.
TRhis next heart is from Belinda Sweeney and i think there is already a picture of it on the blog, but since i like to be organized( roflmao) i want to keep all the hearts i have recieved so far in a row.....ggg..this is the second heart I got and it was a surprise. WOW! Can you imagine getting this unexpectedly...isn;t it gorgeous?
The next two hearts I recieved on the same day...I opened the one from Norma Harris first, so i will show it first....i love hardanger, and this is just the perfect heart for me.. her work is so lovely...it couldn;t be more elegant in my book!
And this wonderful heart is from Kathleen Casey for whom i shall always have a soft spot.....look closely and you will see all the buttonholes stitch flowers behind the ribbon sunflower, and you will also see the other buttonhole on the right side. I think it is a fence, but what it REALLY is is a supreme effort to master a stitch and put something wonderful on a heart. I adore this effort, and i adore the end result.
If you like these hearts, please visit the sites of the gals that made them and let them know-
Susie W's site
Bear's Den
Norma's Blog
Not sure if Kathleen has a url for a blog or flickr account or not, am waiting to hear from her, so in the meantime, if you wouldlike, please comment under her picture and i will make sure she gets the compliments! OF COURSE they will be complements!
ktj
This is Susie's heart for me.
TRhis next heart is from Belinda Sweeney and i think there is already a picture of it on the blog, but since i like to be organized( roflmao) i want to keep all the hearts i have recieved so far in a row.....ggg..this is the second heart I got and it was a surprise. WOW! Can you imagine getting this unexpectedly...isn;t it gorgeous?
The next two hearts I recieved on the same day...I opened the one from Norma Harris first, so i will show it first....i love hardanger, and this is just the perfect heart for me.. her work is so lovely...it couldn;t be more elegant in my book!
And this wonderful heart is from Kathleen Casey for whom i shall always have a soft spot.....look closely and you will see all the buttonholes stitch flowers behind the ribbon sunflower, and you will also see the other buttonhole on the right side. I think it is a fence, but what it REALLY is is a supreme effort to master a stitch and put something wonderful on a heart. I adore this effort, and i adore the end result.
If you like these hearts, please visit the sites of the gals that made them and let them know-
Not sure if Kathleen has a url for a blog or flickr account or not, am waiting to hear from her, so in the meantime, if you wouldlike, please comment under her picture and i will make sure she gets the compliments! OF COURSE they will be complements!
ktj
09 06 06 Paisley Challenge Begun
This is the begining of a 6 by 4 postcard of a paisley design challenge in the Stitching Post group. Sharon B. graciously allowed use of her paisley designs for us to embroider and interpret. The challenge is to take one of the three designs she posted on her blog and interpret it in any size and any technique. We can add design lines but not take any of Sharon's original lines out. This one has lines added, but i have a feeling that they will be changing as the embroidery progresses.
You can see Sharon's designs
09 02 06 Fake Gold check on rr patch
This is a detail from a rr i worked on about 6 years ago...this was some fake gold check that i saw at some chain crafts store and had no idea what to do with it. What a major pain it was to couch down without having it completely flatten out.
ktj
08 25 06 Pink Jellyfish Photo
Uploaded to flickr by Antoni Albalat Salanova(Wuniatu)
This pic did not have a blog this button on it, so i wrote to the person who took the photo and got permission to blog it here....please do go check it out on his pages. In the meantime, you can click on it here and it will enlarge quite a bit. I know we are all always looking for jellyfish for the underwater/undersea blocks that we do and i thought that not only would this be a wonderful photo for reference on what jellyfish actually can look like, but that in general it was just an amzing photo!
ktj
Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon
Originally uploaded by pilotpix.
tak a very good look at this one and tell me how many movies are represented here.........lol...
ktj
08 25 06 Rhododendron Bud
Pink rhododendron head
Originally uploaded by photojenni.
Does anyone see this as anSRE project-wouldn;t it be great in silk ribbon?
08 25 06 Center Stitching on Small Bag
In Learn To Embroider, One of my Yahoo stitching groups,
LTE
we are making a small bag using black felt and simple stitches. The black felt is cut into a square and then put on point. You embroider down the central diagonal and then on each side of that line of stitching you do the same thing....when the piece is covered it gets fused to another piece of felt to stiffen it, then folder and sewn in such a way that you have a kite shaped little bag. Here is the beginning of mine. I am using worsted weight knitting yarn that is variegated in colors that i especially like and to me they look pretty great against the felt. I will definitely be making more of thee, but hope to find some heavier weight felt next time.
Let me know what you think.
08 21 06 Lemgo Germany(old post)
Lemgo, germany
Originally uploaded by Rainer Fritz.
I love Rainier Fritz photostream! He captures the most interesting things in his area...and of course his flower pictures are masterpieces. Please take the time to see his phto stream if you haven;t already. I love this carved and colored work. I wonder how old it is. How does the paint stay so fresh and clean?
ktj
08 21 06 Redcurrants
Redcurrants
Originally uploaded by Rainer Fritz.
Look at the transluscence in those berries, they seem to be ready to pop with juice! i would love to be able to do some embroidery that can refelct that quality! I love the composition of this shot as well. What bird would not be attracted to a dinner like this!
ktj
08 02 06 Fabric PC tutorial on Calidore's blog(old blog post)
Calidore's Garden Ramblings: Crazy Quilted Postcards Tutorial
You will find a wonderful wonderful tutorial on making a fabric postcard on Catherine of the Garden's Blog It is thorough, good pictures, simple to follow and full of good tips! Is there more you could ask for?
I am working on the Chain Stitch practice piece(see below several entries down)and getting ready to start a small project for the beginner list -
Learn To Embroider this is not really a Learn to CQ list, or Learn to do this or that, it really is what is sounds like...Learn to Embroider...basic stitches, threads, fabrics etc etc....and there will of course be stuff about particulars -------gggggg...if i know any or any of the members know something particular to teach....although if you are that good in any one technique, LTE might be pretty basic....the sister list, Stitching Post might be a better place.
Check them out and join if you are interested...the more the merrier, and of course you know you are welcome!
ktj
You will find a wonderful wonderful tutorial on making a fabric postcard on Catherine of the Garden's Blog It is thorough, good pictures, simple to follow and full of good tips! Is there more you could ask for?
I am working on the Chain Stitch practice piece(see below several entries down)and getting ready to start a small project for the beginner list -
Check them out and join if you are interested...the more the merrier, and of course you know you are welcome!
ktj
08 01 06 Stumpwork in the Stitching Post Group(old post)
Celeste Chalasani of the Stitching Post has graciously and energetically created a beginner project in stumpwork for the group. She has posted the first lesson, which is the suppllies list and the diagrams for the background embroidery and the detached slips. Because this project is Celeste's own creation just for the Stitching Post, she is making available only to us! That means that it won;t be posted on the blog for the group, only pictures of the completed projects. If there is anyone at all interested in learning this age old and beautiful technique with a short and small piece, this is is the time. It is suitable for beginners to embroidery, and beginners to stumpwork! Please consider joining the group(all group guidelines apply) and taking part in this wonderful oppportunity!
ktj
ktj
07 30 06 Thank YOU SO much!(old blog post)
Thank you very much to all of you that commented on the Pathfinder block.Your comments mean a lot to me, and I appreciate them very much! Here are a few letters from a very nice alphabet. I hope thatyou can use them in your stitching in some way!
ktj
ktj
07 29 06 Here It is
Here it is finally!
This is the block for the Chains of Hearts quilt that will be raffled as a fundraiser for Pathfinders. PAthfinders is an organization in England that is helping to match service dogs with those who need them. Pathfinders can be found
If yoou click on the block it will open to a large sizze. I still hate that (&*) dog, but not enough to spend a week dealing with taking him out, or applique-ing over him at this point.
Let me know what you think!
ktj
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