What other sewing related crafts do you do?

hand and machine applique quilting on the list to learn: Ribbon and Brazilian Embroidery

Penny S

What's Brazilian Embroidery?

Over the years I've messed around with leather and bead work, sketching, painting, building computers, eletronics, woodworking and sculpture and woodcarving. Sewing is new for me, only been at it a few months and looking into embroidery. Ambitious, ain't I Mike in Wisconsin

embellishments.

Sharon & Jack murmered while asleep:

My list:

Intricate needlepoint designs - mostly floral still life, museum facsimiles. Last project was an elaborate Elizabeth Bradley "Four Seasons - Summer" needlepoint, unfinished. Rather than convert all my needlepoint to pillows, I have them professionally framed like art work. Each canvas takes anywhere from 1 to 7 years to complete so I'd rather not have any of my kids use them as punching bags or worse still, fart on them! It is my hope these will be kept and handed down in the family.

I really enjoy home decorating, major interest in window treatments. tablecloths, duvets and accessories like piped boxed cushions. Love the English country look.

A small home business sewing diaper bags and totes. I hate to iron interfacing but it makes such a huge difference in how the bags look.

I haven't really gotten into garment sewing other than the Halloween costumes but have been reading this ng, lots and lots of sewing books/magazines and watching Susan Khalje's Sew Much More program. I would like to watch Betzina and Zieman, but maybe I don't have those channels...

Rose

RLK murmered while asleep:

which needle point stitch do you do? I tried to learn the one ( basketweave?) where it looks like needlepoint on the front, but is woven on the back, supposedly that helps to hold the shape and is more durable. I was a failure at that, but i can do the regular on.

Penny S

HEY! One eye was open. Thanks. Beautiful form of embroidery. Love the dimension effect. Sharon

"Penny S" > Sharon & Jack murmered while asleep:

I have done mostly the regular continental stitch, the one that goes diagonally, left-right. The current one is a cross-stitch, could very well be basketweave... stitches need to be crossed in such a way that the back of the canvas is completely woven. There is no use "cheating" because it will look very obvious in the final canvas, say, if I suddenly switched to stitching all one way, and then back the other way to cross, it looks poorly. Maybe that's why I've not finished it yet! Take a look at the ones I have finished, if you'd like:

Much prefer 12mesh wool over 10mesh woolwork

Trish, I don't know if you have ever seen the TV show 'Sewing with Nancy'. There was a guest on her show, who took photographs of bark, leaves, tree limbs, etc. then made wall hangings appliqued to look like the bark, or a leaf and once some tree limbs. I like to use the camera, especially the new digital DS gave me, but I didn't have much luck withe applique. Which reminds me, I need to find the transcript of that program and try the technique again. I like sewing on the machine-I enjoy anything that can be sewed on a machine. DM crocheted, knitted, pretty embroidery, and tried teaching me, but I'm not into any sewing handiwork. However, I can paint fabric, do burn-out, etc Emily.

RLK murmered while asleep:

yes that's the one. I was fine on large solid areas, but couldn't get how to do shapes at all.

Penny

No - we don't get Sewing With Nancy here. I've seen you all talking about it, and I see she has books, etc. Do you know where I might see a transcript of the programme, please?

:) Trish

Re: What other sewing related crafts do you do?

Aha! That's what I can call myself! Should we start a club, Cea? LOL

Another one, Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

You name it and I've probably done it. I tend to do something long enough to learn it and become relatively good at it. Then I move on to the next craft. I like things with challange and once I've learned a craft the challange is gone for me.

BUt what I've stuck with is sewing, any and all forms, but don't quilt very much. and Temari, now there is a craft with so many patterns that I probably won't ever get to them all so don't see myself getting bored.

Sandy Erickson

Have you tried a press? makes it much easier and holds better too. I used to sew jackets for a western wear shop. I cut the ironing time by half at least by using a press for the interfacing parts. I would take home the kits, open them and press the interfacing, then bag them back up and press the next one. That way I only got the press out once a week.

Sandy Erickson

Ah, but does she offer videos in European format?

jumping in late... i quilt, i used to do counted thread work, nad i have an embroidery machine. i would love to learn how to weave.... betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children"

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They are beautiful. Although I am normally known to have a passion for things involving a stupid amount of passion for large amounts of detail......and often I do fall prey to such sentimental objects, they just seem to lack objectivity. I think in my house my dog would eat them. They are quite pretty though so I can see why they would be fun to make. Joy