For your viewing pleasure, a picture and brief description of project that began life as an ad and became Belle Lefleur is now online at:
Oo la la! I love the lady! Nice work!
What delightful, delicious projects these are! LOVED the lady in red. Don't feel badly about the stretched areas of the fabric. Happens to the most technically proficient professionals as well.
Please share with us your "new" method of doing turkey work! This is a lovely, interesting example of stumpwork.
Dianne
anne wrote:
That's gorgeous!!!
Elizabeth
Both absolutely gorgeous. Loved the daffodils!
Pat P
Love it, love it! Gorgeous flowers! Becky A
What wonder work! Such creative makes me jealous. I can follow but I don't have the nerve to make it up the way you do.
Lucille
That's really beautiful - good work.
Sharon (N.B.) .................................................................
Dianne Lewandowski said
Instead of taking a stitch across the top of the loop, you come to the front slightly below where the loop originated, go through the loop and then take the needle to the back slightly above the loop. The link below calls it 'jump through the loop' turkey
Lucille said
Nerve plays just a small part. It's more like ignorance because as a self- taught embroiderer, I don't know I shouldn't do something. Also the currently existing designs for surface or crewel embroidery are not only expensive, my tastes are quite eclectic. I'm drawn to things with an attitude or character, like an interesting looking person or a bold mix and match of colors and stitches.
This is similar to velvet stitch without a full cross. I can see why someone came up with this. Turkey stitch is actually rather difficult to get the hang of and is often described poorly.
The way it is shown on the Caron site makes the loops side by side, as opposed to each loop being halfway into the next loop. That's what makes turkey work tricky. :-) But it's splendid as dolls hair.
Dianne
anne wrote:
I got it right off from Erica Wilson's explanation. Check the library for some of her books, and check out her stitch directions/diagrams.
Anne -
Great designs. I love your work!
Sue
beautiful you sure be on a big ego trip , just lovely.
Anne.....I just saw these pics and would like to compliment you on the lovely design! The red flowers are an impressive bouquet of stitch textures......the frame is another inspired complement to the overall design effect! Very well done Anne.....I can hardly wait to see the products of your next inspired projects. This was a pleasure to see.
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Thanks everyone for the nice words ;-)
Since I began stitching heavily, I've accumulated quite a few frames. Unfortunately, I often find that none of them worked for a finished project. So, I'm going to work backwards by finding a design or two or three that can be popped into those orphans. Also on my to do list is finding new friends who would love to have one of my projects as my immediate family has said 'no mas!!'
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