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Another couple of stitches added to the piece.  The first 'Rope Stitch' I had to stitch in a zig zag pattern to balance the zig zag coral stitch on the opposite side.  Both are quick and easy to stitch.

Stitch 110 - Rope Stitch

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and

Stitch No 111 - Zig Zag Coral
  

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If you pop over to Pintangle you will see that I am closing in on the pack!


Yet another embroiderer using the same genre

Gypsie Quilt has more of a quilt focus but the embroidery is still in the same genre as Cecile and Leah Stansal.  (Be careful using the translator on this page as I found I had a talking porn site come up.)

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The embroidery here is much more middle of the road but still lovely.  Lots of inspiration for more stitching.

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I found there were lots of stitching techniques in her quilts and also found lots of inspiration in her Pinterest page. 

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Silly Stitching resurfaces

I have a new piece to add to my list of things to do.  At my patchwork group I was presented with a block to embroider as part of a friendship quilt.  It is a lady dressed in a crinoline.  Now did you know that this very familiar design is actually another version of the mother goddess?  I didn't but after some research I have found reference to this in a number of texts.  And all the time I thought it was just an old fashioned lady.

Anyway, all that aside, I have traced her onto the fabric using my micro pen, just in case I have to put her aside to finish something in a hurry.  I have been caught before with transferred designs that faded away before I got to them.

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I even read the instructions about the colours she wanted and have selected these in advance.

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Then Merylyn showed us why she had selected this design.  It was because her grandmother had a Doyle Case that she had loved as a child.  On the front of this case was a crinoline lady.

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It was made from and old hat box that the cover of a magazine had been glued onto and the title written in the sky section.  The lady had been painted onto plywood and cut out and then mounted on the pathway.

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So my 'silly stitching' bag is back in use and I will post and update each week in WIPW.

 

 

 


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I have now finished the central section of the piece with this final block.

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I drew this design about 4 different ways before I was happy with it and It still had a more square appearance to it when stitched out than I thought it would.  But together with the other blocks it looks alright.

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This is a very slow piece of work.  I keep thinking I should stitch more but I am making myself stick to the one block a week routine.

You can see what others are doing over at Pintangle.