It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Bethlehem embroidery, this is the Palestinian style piece I started at a workshop by Deborah Mullins last year. Three weeks ago I had just started the Chevron stitch border which will enclose the stitching…
It takes a while to make much progress with this stitch as it’s such a dense stitch – I seem to remember the central shape of chevron stitch taking hours at the workshop and this line is probably three times as long!
Anyway, I have made progress, not a huge amount, but reasonable, I’m still working my way round, but it has given me a little thinking time regarding how I’m going to fill in the areas in between the spirals. I feel I need shapes and colours that won’t detract from the outer spirals in particular, I don’t want to lose them in a melee of colour. I have a few thoughts but I probably need to draw my spirals onto paper to then have a play in the space I’ve got left.
Hopefully in three weeks time when I next share this, I’ll have finished with the chevrons and have a few more concrete thoughts about the rest of it!
In the meantime, please follow the links below to see everyone’s progress with their hand stitching…
Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda, Helen
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Whatever you decide will be fantastic. The chevrons are so neat!
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This is absolutely beautiful ! I love the authentic look it has. I missed the last few updates (naughty me) but I’m guessing this is embroidery on wet felting ? Love the result of mixed techniques
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Hi Linda, it’s on some wet felting mounted on hessian, the tutor provided it, it makes a really firm base.
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Wonderful progress. This is such an amazing piece of art!
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This looks like a fun project.
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The chevrons add so much to this piece, you are wise to wait until they are finished before determining your next move. They really change the look of the piece!
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The chevron is beautiful! You made some nice progress 🙂
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The chevrons are so neat! This is such a beautiful project.
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really love the feathery outline
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I love the way the chevrons are snaking around the inner piece. It is really pretty.
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This is such a pretty piece. I love the chevrons!
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This is quite different to your other stitchery, it just shows what an adventurous stitcher you are! As well as being a talented embroiderer too. I wonder what you will do with the spirals.
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I like it!!! It´s very beautiful!
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I seemed to have missed the start of this piece – I love it. Do you need any additional stitching in the spirals? I think it flows really well as it is. Colours are gorgeous.
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Thanks, Bethlehem embroidery seems to usually be pretty covered, so hearts or leaves would be couched in the gaps.
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I look forward to seeing the details going in – I am now going to check our Bethlehem embroidery as it is new to me.
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It’s really beautiful and interesting to see it born slowly…Well!
Carmela
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That looks like a lot of progress with the chevron stitching given how time consuming it seems to be. I can see that once you develop a rhythm it might move along more quickly. I hope you can complete the “circle” before your enthusiasm wanes. I’ve no doubt you’ll come up with something interesting for the areas between the spirals. 🙂 My condolences on your recent losses. I hope happy memories will soon overtake the grief.
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I’m cheering you on! Hope you complete the circle by next check in.
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Orange and turquoise are not colours I would have chosen to go together and yet they work so well Margaret. Looking good x
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The chevron looks lovely. Are you working it over a hoop?
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Hi, the felt is tacked to hessian and calico, it’s really stiff so it doesn’t need a hoop
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