As you probably guessed from yesterday's posting, my next project is one of SharonG's bra and tap pants sets. You can see many of her lingerie items on her website. My camouflage bra and tap pants canvases are on page 4.
http://www.sharong.com/catalog/bras/index.html
The above designs are on two 9x9 pieces of 18 count canvas. I've owned these two canvases for a while. They're a sort of joke as Chilly Hollow is very rural and in the middle of a mature oak forest. This means we are plagued by trespassing hunters almost every fall out to shoot deer. I've been wondering how to frame the set (two matching frames? a big frame with two-holed mat?) and how to stitch them the whole time I've owned them.
Then last fall an incredible resource opened up in the shape of a SharonG cyberclass on stitching her canvases sponsored by the Shining Needle Society. The class is an ongoing one and is called The SharonG Network. You can sign up for three month's worth or the whole year for a discount. Head to the SNS website to join the Shining Needle Society and their Yahoo Group to see details about the class. The next quarter should start in February. I'll post details here when registration for the second quarter is open.
http://www.shiningneedlesociety.com/
I signed up for the year and my first quarter's canvas was my camo bra and tap pants set. SharonG has fabulous ideas for this canvas and with her help and encouragement, I'm coming up with more. She has graciously agreed to let me stitch-blog the canvases here as I buckle down and stitch it.
Let me just say, what she suggested is about the last thing I would have thought of....
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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7 comments:
Hi Jane - I've done several of Sharon's bras. Do you remember a show with Kirstie Alley called Veronica's Closet? She had a few of her bras framed in the background. I was working in a needlepoint shop at the time and they were flying out of there big time! Enjoy working on this - I had lots of fun stitching the ones I did. Looking forward to seeing what you create!
This posting reminded me about something in my stash. I found my Kitty Bra & Tap Pants, on one-piece of 18 mesh canvas & without a hanger, by SharonG. I had the threads all ready kitted, stitches planned, even on stretcher bars. It will be fun to stitch our undergarments in tandem. Thanks for the reminder to stitch something fun! Robin
Oooooo! I love your new banner Jane. This really turned out nice. Thanks for the link to threadworx, I didn't have any trouble either.
Robin, it'll be fun to stitch a lingerie set with you! We all are dying to see what you do with it. I found a link to what might be it. The tap pants are darling with the cat faces appearing out of the black fabric.
http://www.sharong.com/catalog/bras/bras2.html
Madonna, thanks. The little stocking is more Christmasy so I'll put it away for a while and use a new banner. Wish I could get it to go across the whole page but my blog template doesn't do that. I'll have to change everything to get a photo that covers the entire top and that's more work than I want to do, especially since I like this layout in every other way.
Those are the ones I am stitching on (one piece canvas, though.) Pat just walked past and said, "You need an outfit like that!" Funny man. Today I did change the thread & made some good progress on the Tap Pants. Thanks for this wonderful experience, Jane.
Glad I found the right lingerie set, Robin. You probably DO need a similar set, right? LOL
Glad to have reminded you of your set. I'm enjoying stitching mine.
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