Brazilian Finish

 Vines around the tree.

Enjoyed stitching the leaves most of all.

 The hedgehog was stitched separately on a piece of muslin over 2 small pieces of felt.  First it was covered with rows of long and short stitches and then bullion stitches. Then I cut it out of the muslin leaving about 5 mm of material around it, tacked it down at the back and then stitched it onto the finished piece. 

I thoroughly enjoyed stitching Sylvia Murariu's Windy October and love the sheen of the Brazilian threads and the variety of stitches.  I'm keeping this one for myself!

A Little Brazilian & Felting Fun

Not sure what Blogger did to this post but I had trouble for some odd reason. Anyways, here are a few more leaves done using the alternating stitch on Sylvia Murariu's Windy October.  Hope I'm finished it long before then.

These cast on flowers were tricky to do as the Brazilian Iris thread is very fine. 

Had loads of fun with a few other wonderful ladies on the weekend as I tried my hand once again at felting. Here are my first couple layers of merino roving laid out.

Wrapped around the pool noodle and bubble wrap and ready to roll and roll and roll.

Rolled, rinsed and thrown into the sink a bunch of times to help with the felting process.

Also made a piece of fabric cloth with a layer of muslin covered with torn pieces of tissue paper, napkins and other bits.  Then I painted it with water mixed with glue and a bit of acrylic paint.  Plan to make this into a book cover.

A few more pieces of dyed cloth hanging in the courtyard to dry.  A very fun weekend.

A Little Summertime Brazilian

 I'm trying hard to put in a few minutes of stitching time in each day but there's so much to do in the yard and garden and it's such a pleasure to be outside right now. Here is a small cluster of bullion stitch Lavender flowers worked using EdMar floss Glory 125.  I haven't done much Brazlian Embroidery before (just one small strawberry piece) and I'm enjoying the lustre and smoothness of the threads.

 These Blue Daises were worked using EdMar floss Iris 060 and the buttonhole stitch.  The stem was couched and the leaves were done using an alternating satin stitch.

 This small bush is done using the scroll stitch and EdMar floss Lola 402 while Iris 115 was used for the berries. 

 My poppies are certainly enjoying the sunny days right now and are blooming profusely this year.

Went for a walk in the hills and came across this gallardia in full bloom. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer days :)

Brazilian Embroidery

On Saturday the Regina Stitchery Guild had a Learn to Stitch class on Brazilian Embroidery. I had taken one   class last year & enjoyed it so much that I wanted to try it again.  There were 16 of us in the class & this is my completed design.  I had been wanting to learn how to make the bullion roses & am quite pleased with the result.  I'll give this card to my mom for Mother's Day along with one of the small crocheted doilies that I had previously posted.

Brazilian Strawberries

I recently took a Brazilian Embroidery class with a number of other ladies from our stitchery guild in Regina & this strawberry design was what we worked on.  I had never worked with rayon thread before & loved how easy it was to work with & the sheen it has.  The bee made from bullion stitches was so easy to do.  I can definitely see myself doing more Brazilian Embroidery!