If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#23
|
|||
|
|||
This conversation is confusing me. Wasn't crewel embroidery a process
of "crewel wool" on linen (usually linen twill) grounds. Now, that doesn't mean you can't use other threads or other grounds. But I keep reading about silk ground, and this is a new "revelation" to me to think of crewel embroidery and silk cloth in the same breath. Dianne Hexe wrote: Ellice wrote in message ... Hi ya guys, I just had to share this site. My crazy aunt who quilts, and used to do NP, has decided that she wants to do embroidery. As in a counted thread sampler. Next thing I know, after I've sent her a bunch of links to look at so I have an idea of what types she likes, she picks the most difficult Drawn Thread piece. Well, she has good taste - but I told her I'll kit her up something a little simpler, in the same vein, and send it on. snipped to post Ellice i haven't read the whole thread as i should be cooking dinner '-) i also love the Jacobean style of embroidery, but living where i do in Germany, i am limited as to readily available threads. i would suggest you get your aunt "The Anchor Book of Crewelwork Embroidery Stitches". this book is written for beginners and has patterns relevant to each stitch used. (i think these Anchor books are great, i have several.) the pieces are done with a variety of threads not just wool on silk. i'm beginning a tote bag with a sampler square of 4 patterns done as an (lined) outside pocket. -- Hexe http//ikutec.com |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Comm: Style Stone and a touch of magic | Debbie Hamann | Rubberstamps | 0 | September 15th 04 12:49 PM |
Mission Style? Prairie style? | Cheryl Isaak | Needlework | 12 | August 26th 03 11:30 AM |