Over and Under Organza

I am hugely impressed by Gary Clarke's work.  He does beading, embroidery and whitework, but his embroidery on organza is astounding--look at the Budgie Fan!  Many thanks to Susan Elliott for mentioning him.  I hope she enjoyed the class a great deal.
http://www.garyclarkedesigns.com/products.php?category=Organza

http://plays-with-needles.blogspot.com/2013/10/from-down-under-above-and-in-between.html

I have layered tulle over my needlepoint so this is very inspiring.  I can see there is a lot more I can do with thin fabrics....

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Bead Soup Fobs

The Needle Works has new scissors fobs in from Bead Soup. I love the little black cat one. Look at those eyes! 
 http://www.stitchinginthetexashillcountry.com/the_needle_works/2013/11/montenegrin-turning-share-a-stitch-sunday-november-2.html

By the way, by the time this publishes I will be hard at work at the local polling place and won't be home until 9 p.m. at the earliest.  (In Virginia poll work starts at 5 a.m. and lasts until all the ballots cast match with the number of voters checked in, all the paperwork is signed, the ballot machines and the laptops are shut down and sealed, and all the tables, chairs are put away.  During that time, poll workers are not allowed to leave the polling place.)  So if you wrote me, don't expect an answer until tomorrow.

Go vote!

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Knit, Purl and Sow at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

SJ Designs posted on Facebook today about an exhibit of knit and crocheted flowers at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden which looks to be worth seeing. The flowers and leaves have some embroidery on them, and the finished products are very realistic. 
http://textileartscenter.com/blog/knit-purl-sow-at-the-brooklyn-botanic-garden/

The exhibit will be there until January 22nd, so there is plenty of time to visit before Holiday Madness begins if you live in the area or will be visiting there this fall.  Thanks for the tip, Susan!

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Catman and the Lab with a Ball

Today I have a wonderful super hero canvas from Needlepaints to share with you.  Introducing...CAT MAN!  LOL
http://www.needlepaint.com/blog/2013/10/26/friday-favorites-needlepoint-super-heroes-dogs-and-custom-belts/

That canvas cracks me up, but in case you are not a cat person, I have an equally wonderful dog canvas.  This is a canvas from DJ Designs, with a stitch guide from Carolyn Hedge Baird. Click on the photo (which isn't displaying in full for some reason) to see the lab and his tennis ball.  Amazing stitching from The Young Needlepointer, don't you think?
http://theyoungneedlepointer.blogspot.com/2013/10/camp-allen.html

If you don't like dogs OR cats, how about a sheep?  Scroll down a little further to see one of Rebecca Wood's sheep calendar series -- the sheep in a bikini.

Each of the above is wonderful fun.  I hope you enjoyed the animal parade this morning.

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A Bit of Background on Opus Anglicanum

Opus Angelicanum (or English work if my high school Latin hasn't totally failed me) is medieval ecclesiastical embroidery, highly prized at the time.  This brief article was written to promote a tv program on the embroidery on BBC4.  If you live in Britain, you might be able to play it on their website (second link).
http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts/arts-feature/9033391/english-embroidery-the-forgotten-wonder-of-hte-medieval-world/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03c2766/Fabric_of_Britain_The_Wonder_of_Embroidery/

By the way, there is an organization devoted to ecclesiastical embroidery education.  They apparently hold embroidery classes in the mountains of North Carolina.
http://www.hexaemeron.org

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