Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Recurring motifs 2 -- wreaths

I wrote yesterday about featherstitching and how frequently it appeared in my daily art project last year.  Many times the branches wrapped around into wreaths, especially as I got better at stitching freehand circles.

Here are some of them:





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8 comments:

  1. just beautiful, love the color choices too.
    thanks for sharing
    Kathie

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  2. Any kind of hand stitching elevates a work to a new level. Yours is wonderful.

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  3. Your wreaths are lovely- do you do them completely without marking? I think mine would always look lumpy on one side!

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  4. Such patience, I have none! But i love your work~!

    glen

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  5. Lovely. I find embroidery very calming and I'm assuming you do too.

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  6. I enjoyed seeing your hand embroidery. I've found that I have been using it more in my art quilts. My favorite is the first one pictured.

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  7. Thanks everybody for your kind words! I do find hand stitching very calming, and if you do it in small bits it doesn't take all that much patience.

    Shannon: yes, I do them all without marking. At the beginning of the year a lot of my wreaths and circles were indeed lumpy (see my post on Jan. 18) but with practice they got much nicer.

    You can mark a circle by tracing around a spool or small glass with the dull end of your needle. It won't leave a permanent mark but will give you enough of a guide to do your stitching. I would never put any pencil mark on anything I sew (including those alleged washout markers) but often use the end of a needle, the tip of a crochet hook or a plastic hera tool.

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