Thanks to Pat, I have a link to a description of the August 7 - 19 exhibition and sale of Birthe Andersen's stitching at the Clay Glass Metal Stone Cooperative Gallery in Lake Worth, Florida. Proceeds of the sale of Ms. 's stitching go to benefit Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease research.
http://www.southflorida.com/sf-birthe-andersen-lake-worth-20150806-story.html
It's a great cause and great celebration of a great stitcher, teacher and shop owner. I hope everyone in the area gets to attend.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 8, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Saturday, August 8, 2015
The Neglected Stitch (Split Stitch)
Labels:
animals,
fur,
Mary Corbet,
split stitch,
stitches,
trees,
tutorials
Mary Corbet talks us through split stitch in this wonderful tutorial. By the way, split stitch not only makes wonderful trees, limbs and stems, it makes terrific animal fur! I'd suggest using a sharp needle, though, not our usual tapestry needle. Mary's talking embroidery, after all, so she naturally uses a sharp but we needlepointers normally use blunt tip needles.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2015/07/branching-out-with-split-stitch.html
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 28, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2015/07/branching-out-with-split-stitch.html
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 28, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Today's Smart Cookie Award
Labels:
color cards,
Needleart Nut,
skin tones,
Splendor
Have you seen the skin color collection cards from Rainbow Gallery? For roughly $8 a card you get a selection of six silks that work for skin and lip tones. (There are also a selection of Halloween and Christmas colors, too.)
http://www.homesteadneedlearts.com/product/splendor-designer-collection/
https://www.stitchingbitsandbobs.com/cgi-bin/Store/pageread.cgi?SDC
I've used these a lot when stitching people but recently I noticed how I use the same colors over and over so I run out of my favorites constantly, particularly when stitching a large design with lots of skin area. I just ordered two new cards for myself and mentioned to a friend I had done so. Her reply was genius--she uses the skin collection cards as a color card, matches the right shades to a painted canvas, and orders regular Splendor cards for actual stitching. It's cheaper when you have a large area to cover as the regular cards of Splendor are roughly $3 each.
So the Smart Cookie Award goes to Pat. You are so clever!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 26, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://www.homesteadneedlearts.com/product/splendor-designer-collection/
https://www.stitchingbitsandbobs.com/cgi-bin/Store/pageread.cgi?SDC
I've used these a lot when stitching people but recently I noticed how I use the same colors over and over so I run out of my favorites constantly, particularly when stitching a large design with lots of skin area. I just ordered two new cards for myself and mentioned to a friend I had done so. Her reply was genius--she uses the skin collection cards as a color card, matches the right shades to a painted canvas, and orders regular Splendor cards for actual stitching. It's cheaper when you have a large area to cover as the regular cards of Splendor are roughly $3 each.
So the Smart Cookie Award goes to Pat. You are so clever!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 26, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
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