by Laurence | Nov 9, 2018 | Floral Mandala, Projects, Projects 2018
Floral Mandala Here is the first part of this Mandala. Its diameter is 20cm and I embroidered it on sand colored linen. The pattern of this mandala can be downloaded HERE and hereafter is the list of colors Red palette House of Embroidery stranded cotton 92 Herbs,...
by Laurence | Nov 24, 2018 | Needle painted Tulips, Needle Painting
Needle painted tulips Flower n°2 Petal 1 To embroider this petal, I used colors 893, 760, 224, 445, 725, 472, 471 and 221. Start by embroidering the edge of the petal with split backstitch and color 893. Start the petal by embroidering with the same color 893. Extend...
by Laurence | Nov 30, 2018 | Floral Mandala, Projects, Projects 2018
Floral Mandala part 2 Here is the second part of this design. It contains a woven stitch, Portuguese stem stitch, satin stitch and Palestrina stitch. The kit of this mandala can be bought HERE. It contains the pattern printed on a piece of linen of 38/38 cm in a color...
by Laurence | Dec 7, 2018 | Floral Mandala, Projects, Projects 2018
Floral Mandala part 3 Here is the third part of this embroidery. In this post, you will find the explanations to embroider the 8 outside floral medallions and the Palestrina stitch border. As a reminder, the kit of this mandala can be bought HERE. It contains the...
by Laurence | Dec 14, 2018 | Needle painted Tulips, Needle Painting
Needle painted tulips Flower n°2 Petal 3 To embroider this petal, I used colors 3831, 893, 746, 224, 445, 725, 369, 760, 471, 472, 304 and 221. Start by embroidering the edge of the petal with split backstitch and colors 3831 and 224. I turned the embroidery 180 ° to...
by Laurence | Jan 4, 2019 | Needle painted Tulips, Needle Painting
Needle painted tulips Flower n°2 Petal 5 To embroider this petal, I used the colors 224, 893, 760, 225, 746, 445, 725, 369, 472, 471, 520, 742, 221 and 304. Start by embroidering the edge of the petal with split back stitch and color 224. Start by embroidering with...
by Laurence | Jan 13, 2019 | Projects, Projects 2019, scissor keep AN
“Art nouveau” Scissor keep This scissor keep is inspired by an old style drawing “Art Nouveau”. It is embroidered with silk and metallic thread to give it a precious and refined look. The pattern necessary to realize this project can be...
by Laurence | Jan 19, 2019 | Needle painted Tulips, Needle Painting
Needle painted tulips Stems and leaves To embroider the stems and leaves, I used the colors 369, 368, 367 and 520. I chose to embroider the stems and leaves in the soberest possible way because the strong point of this embroidery is the flowers.I did not put detailed...
by Laurence | Jan 26, 2019 | Projects 2019, scissor keep AN
“Art nouveau” scissor keep Assembling Here is the material needed to realize this finishing fusible Vlieseline S520 very fine fusible fleece felt sewing thread of the same color as the fabric white glue eventually, repositionable glue spray a skein of DMC...
by Laurence | Jan 31, 2019 | Indienne print, Projects, Projects 2019
“Indienne” Bird and Butterfly Here is a picture of a printed fabric named “Indienne” that I propose to embroider together. . An “Indienne” is a painted or printed fabric made in Europe between the 17th century and the 19th...
by Laurence | Feb 9, 2019 | Indienne print, Projects, Projects 2019
Indienne First flowers You will find the pattern to download as usual HERE. It is in A4 format to make it easier for you to print, but I recommend you to enlarge it before reproducing it to obtain a design of a height of about 30 cmYou can also, if you wish, get the...
by Laurence | Feb 16, 2019 | Indienne print, Projects, Projects 2019
Indienne The butterfly You will find information regarding the download of the drawing or the purchase of the printed fabric and the silk threads in the previous article. In the explanations, I used the DMC color numbers but for those of you who chose to embroider...
by Laurence | Feb 22, 2019 | Indienne print, Projects, Projects 2019
Indienne Stems, leaves and grapes You will find information on downloading or purchasing the printed fabric and silk threads in the first article. Here are the explanations of the stems, leaves and grapes that form the background of this work. Having already...
by Laurence | Mar 1, 2019 | Techniques, Whitework
Richelieu Alphabet Here are the explanations needed to embroider the letters of an alphabet with the technique of Richelieu Embroidery. This is one of the techniques that are part of what is called Whitework. It bears the name of “Richelieu” (1585-1642) in...
by Laurence | Mar 8, 2019 | Indienne print, Projects, Projects 2019
Indienne the bird part 1, the head and the neck Here are the explanations needed to embroider the 1st part of the bird, head, and neck. The used colors are for the head, DMC 931, 3371 and Ecru for the pink feathers, DMC 3716, 3832 and 355 for the neck,...
by Laurence | Mar 22, 2019 | Indienne print, Projects, Projects 2019
Indienne the bird, feathers Here are the explanations needed to embroider the feathers of the bird. The colors used are DMC 931,932, 3031, 3371 and Ecru Embroider the edge of the large transverse feather as for the previous borders with 2 rows...
by Laurence | Mar 29, 2019 | Projects, Projects 2019
An egg full of color The finished egg measures 10 cmThe pattern of this embroidery can be downloaded HERE.You can buy printed the linen with the House of Embroidery thread pack but without the DMC threads HERE. To embroider this egg I used the colors House of...
by Laurence | Apr 6, 2019 | Indienne print, Projects, Projects 2019
Indiennethe bird, the pink feathers and the claws Here are the explanations necessary to embroider the pink feathers and the legs of the bird. The colors used are DMC 931, 932, 3031, 3371, écru, 3716, 3832, 3830 and 355. After turning the work...
by Laurence | Apr 13, 2019 | Projects, Projects 2019
Chinese Rooster The template of this embroidery can be downloaded HERE.You can also buy the complete kit (printed linen and all House of Embroidery threads) HERE. To embroider this rooster, I used 23 House of Embroidery various stranded cotton and I completed...
by Laurence | Apr 26, 2019 | Indienne print, Projects, Projects 2019
Indienne the bird, tail Here are the explanations needed to embroider the bird’s tail. The colors used are DMC 931, 3031, 3371, ecru, 3716, 3832 and 355. Begin by embroidering the central part and the end of the feathers as before. ...
by Laurence | May 3, 2019 | Reticello, Techniques, Whitework
Fundamentals of Reticello embroidery Pincushion Part 1 To approach this technique, we will embroider a pincushion. This will allow reviewing the different phases necessary for the realization of a project in Reticello. This project is made on linen 11...
by Laurence | May 10, 2019 | owl, Projects, Projects 2019
An owl color of night first part I chose to embroider this three-dimensional owl on blue linen. It measures 12 cm but of course, you can adapt the size for your intended usage … hang it on your scissors, a key or even fill it with lavender to perfume your...
by Laurence | May 18, 2019 | Reticello, Techniques, Whitework
Reticello pincushion part 2 Here are the explanations for the first 2 patterns that will fill the 13 windows of the grid. All the drawings used in these instructions come from Giuliana Buonpadre’s book. Giuliana BuonpadreGli AntichiIL...
by Laurence | May 24, 2019 | owl, Projects, Projects 2019
An owl color of night part 2 You will find in this second part the explanations necessary for the realization of the wing and the assembly of this project. Wing Using the stumpwork technique, secure the wire around the wing. This technique is...
by Laurence | Jun 8, 2019 | Reticello, Techniques, Whitework
Reticello pincushion part 3 Here are the pictures of patterns 3 and 4 which are following the 2 previous ones to complete the design in Reticello of this pincushion. Pattern n° 3 Start by straightening 3 threads starting on the right side, hanging in...
by Laurence | Jun 15, 2019 | Needle Painting
Orchids This embroidery has a history. One day, my mother who is an art bookbinder brought me this book saying “I’m sure it’ll interest you” and she was right, he’s just BEAUTIFUL. The book “Des fleurs...
by Laurence | Jun 21, 2019 | A shade of pink, Projects, Projects 2019
A shade of pink Here is the presentation of my latest creation. It is intended to be added to the general catalog of kits Canevas Folies but before that, I would like you to enjoy it as follows You will find HERE in the blog shop The complete kit with all the...
by Laurence | Jun 29, 2019 | A shade of pink, Projects, Projects 2019
Large pink flower In this post, you will find step-by-step explanations of the large flower in the center of the “A shade of pink” embroidery. You will find the pattern of this flower to download HERE There are still some complete kits available,...
by Laurence | Jul 20, 2019 | Reticello, Techniques, Whitework
Reticello pincushion part 4 The Reticello pattern is now finished and I found that it would be highlighted by a simple decoration that allows to obtain a square pattern, which will facilitate assembly. I used the DMC thread “Spécial à broder” for the...
by Laurence | Jul 26, 2019 | Projects, Projects 2019
Embroidered cover for eReader It’s been a long time since I wanted to replace the leather case of my eReader with a personalized and embroidered cover. I thought that this summer period was the perfect opportunity to implement this project, so in this article...
