new-to-me designer

says...
On the Teresa Layman pieces, she uses both single wrap French knots
which produce a smaller knot and the colonial knots for slightly larger
knots.

I'm sorely tempted to get one of her pieces. They're quite small; is the design
stamped on fabric? If so, how difficult is it to see the design?
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anne wrote:
says...
On the Teresa Layman pieces, she uses both single wrap French knots
which produce a smaller knot and the colonial knots for slightly larger
knots.

I'm sorely tempted to get one of her pieces. They're quite small; is the design
stamped on fabric? If so, how difficult is it to see the design?

They're stamped. I don't think it's difficult to
see the design (it's not super faint or anything), but
my eyesight is pretty good so maybe I'm not the best
judge. The pieces are small, and some are more detailed
than others so there are some pretty tiny areas to stitch,
but it's not as difficult to see as working on silk gauze
or 40+ count linen over one or anything like that! ;-)

Best wishes,
Ericka

On 1/2/09 6:40 PM, "MargW" wrote:

anne wrote:
says...
I love that one. I did it for a friend who spins and weaves. She has
woven me a scarf and a shawl in exchange for cross stitch. I used GAS
threads and Whisper for the sheep.

What're GAS threads?


Gentle Arts Sampler Threads - they are wonderful.

I use them for lots of samplers since they have a muted effect. You'll
often find a designer will use a mixture of GAS and DMC. In fact, the
miniature rug Teresa Layman piece I'm doing right (Kitty Corners) now
calls for four shades of the GAS threads. It's my understanding (and I
may be wrong) that Gentle Arts uses Anchor as their base floss to dye on.

I believe that GA uses DMC for her base, though she may have switched.
She's really nice - I got a lovely bag from her at the trade show last June.
Weeks & Crescent use Anchor, and I believe that Threadworx does as well, for
their base. Carries Creations uses DMC.

Here's the website;

http://www.thegentleart.com/ga/home.asp

Oh, Oh - I didn't know they also now had wools! As well as all the
regular and Shaker colours, I have a number of the Limited Edition
colours. I'm a completeist, can't you tell?

The wools are very nice, and soft. IIRC she came out with them for people
to use in replicating history, when stitching was also done with fine wool.
I've seen some folks use it with primitive type samplers - along the lines
of a La-D-Da or Carriage House piece. It's okay on 28 ct, but not on
anything finer.


I like the look of GA, but not always the feel. But, those wools are
lovely.

Ellice

Ericka wrote:
anne wrote:
says...
On the Teresa Layman pieces, she uses both single wrap French knots
which produce a smaller knot and the colonial knots for slightly
larger knots.

I'm sorely tempted to get one of her pieces. They're quite small; is
the design stamped on fabric? If so, how difficult is it to see the
design?

They're stamped. I don't think it's difficult to
see the design (it's not super faint or anything), but
my eyesight is pretty good so maybe I'm not the best
judge. The pieces are small, and some are more detailed
than others so there are some pretty tiny areas to stitch,
but it's not as difficult to see as working on silk gauze
or 40+ count linen over one or anything like that! ;-)

Best wishes,
Ericka


As Erika says they are stamped, and very clearly. Teresa says to do the
fine details first, and do the background last. That way you don't
accidentally stitch over the pattern lines

You can see that some of them are more detailed than others, but they
are a lot of fun. I found it frustrating at first since you cover a
very small area in any one stitching session, but once I got onto it,
the rhythm of the French knots is quite relaxing.

MargW

says...

And here are the miniature rugs on Teresa Layman's website:

http://www.teresalayman.com/designs_miniature-rugs.htm

You've talked me into trying one of her designs. Can you recommend a place in
the US where they can be bought?
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says...

And here are the miniature rugs on Teresa Layman's website:

http://www.teresalayman.com/designs_miniature-rugs.htm

You've talked me into trying one of her designs. Can you recommend a place
in
the US where they can be bought?
--
another anne, add ingers to reply



I've seen them from several places, the names of which escape me at the
moment. Just put Teresa Layman designs into google and see what comes up.
I'm sure you'll find them somewhere local.

L