Saturday, October 11, 2014

Wrapped Washers

 At our September stitchery guild meeting we were each given a 12 x 12 " yellow piece of cotton to start off the new program for the year.  The program for the year will be Stitches of World where we will exploring embroidery stitches from around the world.  
 This month's theme is India and we were asked to draw a curvilinear line on our fabric, follow the line with chain stitches, wrap washers, do shisha mirrors and fill in the design with running stitches, herringbone, cretan....
 I have this last washer to finish and then I will tackle a shisha mirror.  I have never done one but we were given good instructions and there is always YouTube if I can't figure it out.  It's going to be a great program for our guild and will be interesting to see all the different designs we all do.
Felt like melting something again with the heat gun so I laid snippets of organza plus pieces of a granola bar wrapper on some felt and gave it a blast.  Did a free motion spiral square design on top and then filled it with seed stitches and french knots.  I was going to mail it away but now I want to keep it.  A good reason to make another :)

Have a Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone :)


17 comments:

  1. Using washers is a great idea. Wonder if it might be an idea to seal them with something first, particularly if they happen to be made of something that might rust. Good ol' clear nail polish maybe?

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  2. your embroidery piece is looking good and this is just the first month, what a delight it will be when complete. Can see why you are keeping the mixed media piece very nice

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  3. A terrific challenge - and you've made great progress. I love your design. It sounds like great fun and some shared learning.

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  4. How interesting chooseing a country to explore. What do you use for sealing your washers is nail varnish better than PVA glue.

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  5. Your beautiful work amazes me!

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  6. Oh, I like that Indian embroidery, and I am sure it will be even more stunning with the shisha mirrors.

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  7. I like the look of your Indian embroidery. Useful items those washers.

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  8. This is sooo clever! I love it :)
    The finished piece looks beautiful

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  9. The Indian theme is going to be a brilliant project, the colours and patterns that you have embroidered are beautiful!

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  10. The washers are so neat! I am thinking several large ones, stacked and wrapped like this would make great pattern weights. I would have never thought of sealing them as some of the comments have mentioned...I learned something!
    The yellow stitch sampler is so fun.
    xo,
    Deb

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  11. that's looking so pretty! What a good idea for washers. Mary Corbert has some instructions and videos for doing shisha mirrors on her website, might be a good place to try?

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  12. I love the wrapped washers but wonder if they could get too heavy for the fabric. I have seen light weight rubber-type washers/gaskets that might work also. Your exploration of stitches around the world will be very interesting. Fun melted piece! Creative Stitching Bliss...

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  13. What a great project for the group - looks like it will be fun. I'll enjoy watching your progress. Love the idea of the washers - you've inspired an idea so will see what turns up :)

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  14. Your embroidery is looking stunning, I love the covered washers. What a great idea - It will be fascinating to see what everyone produces. This lady http://jizee6687.wordpress.com/ does some gorgeous Indian stitchery. Great card too. xx

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