Embroidery of Chance
I started with a velvet square in a dusky pink colour.
Added random wool tops with needle-felting just to add a bit of colour to start with.
Then, using the TAST stitches and a dice roll #5 for which box of threads I will use.
A coin toss gives me Regular or Irregular stitching.
Other rolls of the dice give me - Design Shape, Line Design, and Decoration or Embellishments for the whole piece.
Knotted Feather Stitch - Irregular, curved
Inverted Feather Stitch - Regular, haphazard
Raised Herringbone Band - Regular, triangle, vertical
The CHANCE part is working out fine so far. I think I might change the way the threads are randomly chosen though as I wasn't too pleased with the bright green on the back of the raised herringbone band. The best way to get a cohesive colourway would probably be to choose perhaps a dozen or so threads that would actually look good on the background, and then have the dice choose which one to use next.
I will PLAY with that idea on the next roll of the dice.
Ear Ear Project
The soft spongy ear-pads on my headphones disintegrated two weeks ago and it's a bit painful trying to use them without the soft pad, so here is my solution to that problem.
I am very pleased with the result. Rather snazzy I think.
My Mum's Steam Engine Cross Stitch
Here are the photo's of the large cross-stitch project that my mum started but had to give up on due to failing eye-sight.
As mentioned on a previous post, I shall be finishing the last 3 carriages in her memory.
The whole thing when finished is 1.6 metres long (yes, over one and a half metres) and about 200mm high.
That is quite a large cross stitch panel.
I'm not sure when I will have time this year, but it is on my TO-DO list.
Learning Lace Making
This is the treasured lace-making equipment I have.
All of this was my mums, and I have inherited quite a few of her books on the subject as well.
The domed cushion for pinning the projects.
Her best bobbins in her custom made case for them.
A collection of her other bobbins in another case she made.
A few of her special pyrography bobbins.
And a pair of very special bobbins in a box.
Well that's it for this week's show-and-tell.
Hope you enjoyed the eye-candy.
Happy Stitching
10 comments:
Even if you never did a bit of bobbin lace having the bobbins is a treasure!
Wow! Love your Mom's bobbin treasures. That steam engine cross stitch is HUGE! What a lot of stitching that is.Posh headphones, and your random embroidery will be interesting to watch. I like your idea of choosing threads that will nicely enhance your fabric or fibers.
I like the Chance embroideries. My favorite IS the blue-green triangle piece. I love the colors together and how the stitching on top just pops.
For 3 1/2 years I wore headphones like that everyday at work. Mine never looked quite that cool though.
That's a long train!, where will you put it when it's done?
Yup, the pretty lace bobbins still grab my attention. Is there a special story behind the pyrography bobbins?
I agree, those bobbins are definitely objects of delight.
I forgot to take photos of the gold lace-making pins and the pickers, prickers and threads. All such lovely treasures for sure.
That's a most interesting way of choosing a stitching path! And it got nice results, too! What a fun train and I know your mom would be very pleased that you are going to complete it. Bobbin lace looks like quite a project. That's a fascinating collection of bobbins you inherited. I'll bet you'll make something spectacular with them!
The train panel will fit beautifully over the main bay window in my lounge. It's a long narrow wall area that really needs livening up, and, AND, it overlooks the rail tracks where the REAL steam train chugs along a few fields away.
I don't know of a story with the pyrography bobbins. Mum just loved anything a bit historical and unusual.
Thanks Judy. I have to learn how to make lace first though, it's another thing on my eagerly awaiting TO-DO list.
Oh WOW!!! Love the way you started anxious to see what is next!
I love the Bobbin lace...... I saw it demorstrated once very neat,,,,,not sure I could keep track of which went where.
Have fun.
Your project is so interesting and so different this year! Thanks for more explanation of your process. I like seeing how it's evolving, too. What a wonderful collection of bobbins. If you have a picture of a piece of your mom's bobbin lace, please post one. A friend of mine has learned to do this and I loved watching her posts each time as she learned something new. I'm quite sure I'd be a confused, tangled mess in no time!
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