Our March meeting at Scunthorpe Embroiderers’ Guild was Canvaswork Stitch play, led by me. Unfortunately, due to a combination of everything coming on top of each other, being ill and then completely forgetting about the workshop until about two months before it was due to happen, I wasn’t as well prepared with samples as I would have liked. But I am pleased with what I did manage to stitch.
First sample was the same thread but different stitches.
The upright cross stitch was a revelation. You would never guess that it was just upright crosses – I just love the interlocking texture it produces.
Then I worked a sample which was all the same stitch – cushion stitch, but stitched in as many different types of thread as I could. I am particularly pleased with the effect of the chenille (small pale beige rectangle at the bottom), which is such a difficult thread to actually stitch with anywhere else!
I also had a lovely time running a Ribbon Roses workshop with Selby Embroiderers’ Guild. I had been experimenting with some pelmet vilene based brooches featuring the ribbon roses both with beaded blanket stitch…
…and also normal blanket stitch edging.
(The second one ended up as an emergency Mother’s Day card for a friend!!)
So I decided to turn the design into kits, which went down very well.
And I even managed to turn my sample/teaching example piece from the workshop into a birthday card.
And finally another piece of jewellery upcycled with a ribbon rose and beautifully modelled by my little one, who is not so little any more. :o(
Available as always, here in my Etsy shop.
Under A Topaz Sky 