May finish

Here is my first attempt at Portuguese whitework from Yvette Stanton's book.

I didn't have the right linen (this one was natural instead of white and rather stiff) but I wanted to have a go. Tracing the pattern for the middle stitching was hard through the non-white fabric which was fairly dense, but it was only a practice piece.

The outside drawn thread work is meant to be "wiggly", in fact they are called wiggly bars!!!

I hadn't done bullions for a long while.

More April 2020 finishes

Here are some more finishes:

two Mill Hill kits (on left and right). I just love the Mill Hill stiockings, they were available some years ago but I got a number of them then.

The Tea for Two is finished except for the small hanger at the top. Do you think I can find it??

And here re some more. I actually got the sewing machine out (rare for me) sewed up the sides of these 3 small kits and added some of our home grown lavender into each one.

I've finished so many small items, its time that I started a new project tomorrow!! I will start my first Portuguese whitework piece from Yvette Stanton's book which I've had for some years.

April 2020 finishes!

Here I am on a roll, went back to my rotation and decided to finish these 2 ornaments. Bit cuter than I normally like but quite cheerful aren't they.

They were an easy finish: running stitch around each one, after putting a bit of fibrefill inside and the twisted cord. Just in case I forget, I used 2x100 cm of 6 strand floss for twisted cord.

Cluny tapestry progress and a finish!!

This is my 40 count silk gauze Cluny tapestry

So far so good!!

At last I have another finish on a medium size project, its called Emerald dragonfly by Nora Corbett

here it is!!

Now shall I start its companion piece Silver Dragonfly?? My brother gave me both many years ago before my LNS shut down.

March 2020 update

Had a bit of trouble logging back in, but luckily I think its OK now!!

Here is a Mill Hill Christmas decoration that I have just finished: Patchwork Holiday

And here is one of my entries into the Geelong show last year: Bedfordshire lace Rose, pattern by Jean Leader a terrific lace teacher from England. I was lucky to receive First prize in this section, the pattern used approximately 60 pairs of bobbins, quite a feat (but some came into the pattern and then left again!!)

 

Royal Geelong Show 2018 - lace entries

Pleased to find that I had won 1st prizes for my bobbin lace entries in the Royal Geelong show. Good news is that I had the incentive to finish 2 items, I usually need a "push" to complete my projects.



Honiton lace, design by Cynthia Voysey



Bedfordshire lace butterfly, design by Jean Leader

September 2018 Smalls challenge

OK, at last another finish albeit a small one!! Now on to more finishing!!