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Another Dorset Button

These things are addictive. I had visions of making a lemon tree.

This is the first time I have tried two colours on the ring – my joins aren’t great.

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Dorset Buttons

Dorset Buttons

This term at Tresillian we have been working on Dorset Buttons. I am finding them to be addictive, I have made four altogether. The two above are probably my best ones.

I am using 3.8cm metal rings (from Spotlight) and pearl cotton (some 8 and some 5) and beads.

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Goldwork Embroidery

Goldwork Gum Nut (Pattern by Tania Cohen)

I finished my Goldwork piece. I enjoyed the process – it is precise and sparkly (two things that I love).

I have ordered a frame and I will put it near my other gumnut piece.

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Wild Woman

Wild Woman

At my Friday stitching group we have been working on ‘wild woman’ brooches.

My aim was to get as much stuff on it as possible; beads, buttons, yarn and charms.

The base fabric is felt, and we stabilised it with buckram.

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Gold Work Gum Nut Progress

I am part of the Embroiders’ Guild of WA and I am in a group, which meets once a week. Tania Cohen has come for the last four weeks to teach us Gold Work.

I still have a bit to do, the chipping in particular. I am loving it.

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Fried Egg Broach

Fried Egg Broach – Hattie McGill Embroidery

I saw this broach here, and had to have it.

It came quickly (UK to Australia) and was beautifully packaged.

I do like a beautiful kit – probably very shallow of me. I have gotten a bit carried away this year and I have bought several kits (and I think The Schoolgirl Sewing Club has four projects), not to mention the SALs I joined digitally. I have enough to keep me busy for several lifetimes. I am doing a bit of a rotation, but I am not sure I have found the best approach yet.

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Embroidered Name Tag

For my in-person stitching class, we were asked to make name tags. And the lovely teacher, Barbara, suggested a 3D element. There butterflies and dragonflies, but I chose a flower.

The petals are edged with floristry wire, which I then covered in blanket stitch using one strand of DMC cotton.

The centre of the flower is a french knot slip. On another piece of fabric, I draw a circle and covered it in french knots – using Pearl Cotton 8 in two colours. I stitched a running stitch around the circle, stuff it and pulled it tight. And then attached it to the background – (I added the petals after).

My name is stem stitch using pearl cotton 5, and outlined it using a metallic thread.

Feather stitch, stem or vine and a chain stitch border.

I have laced it to a piece of card.

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More Machine Embroidery

Mclaren Embroidery

Miss A is a fan of formula one (weird) and very much a Mclaren fan girl. We bought a hoody (well two, in case one got stuffed up) and found a machine embroidery pattern from here.

I used two sheets of cutaway no show mesh, which I hooped, and I floated the hoody. I should have used a topper because some of the stitches did sink into the fabric.

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Treasure Box

I am a bit of a magpie, I like shiny things. I can never resist the Treasure Boxes from L’Uccello. They are beautifully presented (it’s like getting a present in the mail).

Wrapped with a lovely sticker
And the box is beautiful
Lots of fabulous goodies inside

This is my third box and I really need to use them in a project.

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Term 3 Stitching Project

My Term 3 Stitching Project

My stitching class at Tresillian has recommenced. We have a new teacher this term – Tania Cohen.

We are working on a crewel work piece – it’s going to be a gum nut. So far so good – I have even managed to get my homework done.

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