Pumpkin & Crow Embroidery/tatting

Bird Brain Designs http://www.birdbraindesigns.net
has a free embroidered design for Halloween.
All done in back stitch.
Then I tatted the pumpkin edging below the crow. Pattern by Heidi Sunday.

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Denim jacket

I purchased a plain denim jacket and sewed on the yolk when the embroidery was completed. The foundation was a loose muslin to sew crazy patches on. The center is Brazilian embroidery. The pattern is by Cate Grundy and can be found here...

www.brazilian-dimensional-embroidery.org/free_designs.htm
There are lots of tatting, beads, and crazy stitches. The whole yolk was placed onto the back and front. Smoothed out and pined well, then top stitched all the way around. At the shoulders I stitched across the seam and stitched most of the seams of the Brazilian Embroidery with invisible thread. That holds it to the jacket so there is no rippling or sagging. Tatting was attached to the collar and cuffs.

BDE/tatted jacket

When this project is finished it will be a yolk attached to a purchased denim jacket. Marking the purple with white pencil worked well. However, I have tried non waxed carbon paper and a white marking pencil on the floral material and it did not show up. So I used a #5 mechanical pencil and it just barely shows through. The leaves and other small finery I will just have to wing it. Any suggestions?

Brazilian Embroidery

Brazilian Embroidery sewing kit was made with Altoids tin. The material for the embroidery was tea dyed. I received a blue ribbon. The Heart Flower Brazilian Embroidery was a kit and I received a red ribbon.

Art and Quilt Show

Tucumcari had an Art and Quilt Show this past weekend. My group, the Vintage Quilting Society, had a booth with our work. Bookmarks are from the beginners tatting class. We demonstrated tatting and spinning with lots of interest.

Brazilian Embroidery Fuchisas and Almond Blossoms

Completed the Petite Fuchsia with field flowers. The Burgundy petals were made with a knotted double cast-on stitch. Once you do a few it becomes fun making them. The thread used was Lola. The coral cups were made with bullion stitch. The Nova thread was thick and slippery thus making it hard to make the bullions. Pistil stitchs were made at the top to complete the flower. (long stitch with french knots using glory threads). The Blue Flowers below are Almond Blossoms with pink field flowers. They are very similar to a spider web rose in Silk Ribbon Embroidery. There are 4 spokes and the Bocule Thread is woven in and out. Using Frost Thread and a pistil stitch holds the Bocule Threads down.

Circle of Flowers

I finished my Gerone Daisy using Lola 075 with the Knotted Daisy Flower and Glory 25 for the center using the Pistel Stitch. On my BDE Heart Embroidery I did not know how to to the knotted daisy flower. I made a lazy dazy stitch then added the bullion. Thanks to Rita's good illustrations I will make them the correct way. They are not perfect but that takes time! On my lower bud I added an extra bullion because I needed to balance the red on the other side.

Brazilian Embroidery Circle of Flowers

This is a beginners class in Brazilian Embroidery. We all have the pattern "Circle of Flowers" with thread except me. I have purchased a lot of BDE Threads for another UFO Project. Now the thread has found a new home. For the Branches to form the Circle I used Iris 160 in a stem stitch. The twigs are a couching stitch using Iris 162. The leaf pattern is the Leaf Stitch just like the Fishbone Stitch in Crazy Quilting. If there is a difference I would like someone to explain it. The thread is Iris 302. It is a thread with green and gold so I manipulated the thread to where I wanted the colors to be. Our teacher is Rita Goff. She is very good explaining and has clear illustrations. We all thank her for taking on this project.

Brazilian Eucalyptus Flower

The Eucalyptus Flower was stitched with Lola threads with the Bullion Stitch.

In the center of the flower are 3 Pistils stitches. The leaves are Satin Stitch using a multi color thread.

Filed Flowers and fine growth will be added latter.

Brazilian Embroidery French Hydrangea

Finished all the Stems and Leaves on the Brazilian Embroidered Heart. I am now working on the French Hydrangea. Finished a knitted dishcloth and tatted several more small hearts.

Brazilian Embroidery

The second flower is the Cast On. It is an easy stitch but like patting your tummy and tapping your head!! It took me 3 hours just to do the center of the daisy. I am working on a lap frame so my hands are free. In the picture I notice the french knots in the center of the daisy has a line. I believe I did the french knots in a row and should be started in the center and work out. I will probably take it out as it is very noticeable especially in the picture. The leaves are satin stitched and the field flowers are french knots.

Brazilian Embroidery

Finished the first motif in the Brazilian Embroidery Heart kit. The stitches are bullions, knotted lazy dazy, steam stitch, french knots and pistol stitches. The pattern stamped onto the cloth is hard to understand what stitch to use. So one needs to look at the printed, color pattern as well as the instruction page.

Brazilian Embroidery

Tuesday, Two ladies and I traveled to Amarillo, TX for classes in the art of Brazilian Embroidery. It is 110 miles with an hour a head of us so we had to leave at 7am for a 10am class. We met some nice ladies and Susan traveled from OK further than us. We were given our kits by Edmar "Carol's Heart" and a doodled cloth to practice stitches. We learned the basic first 5 stitches and now we have 2 weeks to start the embroidery of our heart.