Author Archives: SewWitty

About SewWitty

I'm a stay at home mum with two children living in Perth (Australia). I have a small business making personalised childrens T-Shirts and I'm planning on expanding into the machine embroidery market. I plan to write about my various sewing exploits in this blog.

School Girl Stitching Club Project 2

Project 2 from the School Girl Stitching Club (From the Crewel Gobelin) has arrived.

Have I done anything with project 1? No, I have not. These samplers are beautiful and they come beautifully packaged with lovely materials.

This one has, in addition, a little project we can work on, with all of the finishing materials.

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Finished Socks

My June Socks

I finished another pair of socks (I think that’s three for the year – I was aiming for one a month but that’s not happening).

There is a K2P2 rib, and then just stocking stitch. Heel flap and gusset.

Here is the information about yarn and needle size.

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Pin Cushion

I seem to be on a cushion thing, first the needle cushion and now I have made a pin cushion.

My new pin cushion (behind is my Samplers of Seduction piece

It is a machine embroidery in the hoop project from Urban Threads. I changed the colours because I wanted to use silver rather than gold. My software changed the first three colours (after the tacking down) into one colour, so it doesn’t have as much depth of colour.

The base fabric is canvas.

I am happy to have got my machine out and created something.

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Strawberry Needle Cushion

Once we had finished our toadstools, we needed a new project, but it needed to be quick (we only had two lessons left)

We made needle sharpening strawberries -the bottom two-thirds is filled with black emery powder.

My base fabric is a pink dupion silk (shot with green). I have used au ver รก soie silk d’alger threads.

I wanted to practise my bullion knots, so I have made bullion knot flowers and the centres are french knots. I then used fern stitch to create the vine (I saw it in the book Foolproof Flower Embroidery )

Then I added seed beads, bugle beads and sequins.

I used my cricut machine to cut felt leaves for the top. And I found two metal (plastic) leaves for the top (I think they’re jewellery charms).

Better view of the top

I made the cord using a drill and pearl cotton (here’s a tutorial video)

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My Stitchery Box Has Arrived

My Summer Celebration box from the Stitchery arrived – I pre-ordered this months ago.

Even the packing tape is beautiful
Inside the packing box
Project Bag! I have never had one like this before.
The Box
Thread bed ontop
Look at all the DMC
Vilene and finishing supplies
Hoop, scissors and needles – everything you could possibly need.

There was also some Acufactum fabric, which, I think I will use for English Paper Piecing.

I am glad I ordered this. It was quite expensive (especially considering the state of the Australian dollar), but it gorgeous.

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One June Sock is Finished

I finished one sock

The yarn is Schoppel Zauberball.

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May Poem (Embroidery)

May’s Poem

I have started working on May’s poem.

I am using stem stitch. I am finding the thread (silk perlee) is unravelling.

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Finished Toadstool

Finished Toadstool

I finished my toadstool!

The base is half a felt dryer ball wrapped in felt. On the felt I have added french knots and bullion knots -I thought they would look like fungi and slaters.

I found some ‘treasures’ in Kings Park – the nut and the leaves. I varnished them (I am hoping that this what will stop them decaying).

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Tender Whispers – May

May’s Theme is Nature

The theme for May is nature. I decided to use Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost. I first came across this poem in the book The Outsiders by S. E Hinton – it was an assigned text. I think we even watched the movie in class. This poem had quite the impact on me at the time (melodramatic 14 year old), and when I came across it the other day I thought I would like to embroider it.

I am experimenting with printable soluble stabiliser – it didn’t destroy my printer (so one concern is gone). Now it remains to be see how easily it comes off.

June’s theme is Family, but I haven’t thought about that yet.

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New Sock Start

I have started my June socks – I have skipped May.

The yarn is Schoppel Zauberball from Morris and Sons.

I am using 2.25mm Knit Pro Zings and I am going to do a vanilla sock (cuff down, heel flap and gusset).

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