It’s time for an update on my Jacquie needlecase. This is a stitch-a-long by Faby Reilly, a new section is released every two weeks, we’ve just completed section five.
Three weeks ago I’d just finished a gorgeous dragonfly with lots of sparkly thread, sequins and beads, it looks amazing…
The section I’m working on now looks like it’s going to be the front of the needle case, it has another beautiful dragonfly sitting on a stem. I do struggle doing chain-stitch on evenweave fabric, I have no problem getting nice neat stitches on normal embroidery fabric, but somehow trying to count the threads and keep the loops even is hard work! Last time I tried was on one of the earlier pieces and I thought using two threads had made it more bulky and uneven…
… so this time I just used one thread…and I’m still not happy with the effect! But isn’t the dragonfly gorgeous!
The sequins and beads have already been added as you can see so I’m eager to see what the next section of stitching will be. In the information about the stitch-a-long Faby mentioned that there would be two levels of stitching, sort of intermediate and advanced, so far it’s all been the same, I think this area left blank at the moment on the bottom right will have a choice of stitching. I’ll find out on Wednesday if I’m right!
This stitch-a-long is organised by Avis, from Sewing by the Sea, we post our progress on a piece of embroidery every three weeks, just often enough to keep me motivated! Please follow the links to see everyone else’s progress…
Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, AJ, Cathie, Linda, Helen
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That dragonfly is gorgeous! I love the sparkle that is added.
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I struggle to stitches crosses neatly on evenweave so I’m amazed at what you’ve managed to create. It’s lovely!
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The dragonflies are gorgeous – the affect of the whole piece is gorgeous 🙂
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certainly is gorgeous and I love the sequins for flower centres ^^
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So pretty, and elegant, Margaret.The sparkles are perfect.
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Loving every bit of this!
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Brilliant! 😍
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Oh those colours! The dragonfly is so beautiful!
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It looks lovely and your beads and touches give it a real sparkle
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Oh, I love those dragonflies! They are so beautiful!!
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Amazing work
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Very pretty
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