My heirloom collections have all had particular themes, like eyelets, special stitches like those created with wing needles and candle wicking. For my latest collection I have focused on creating delicate narrow ribbons of lace motif fills, that not only imitate lace lace insertion, but can also be easily adapted to shadow work, so the… Continue reading Scalloped edged machine embroidery
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Arabella Bullion design for a quilted mat (part 1)
I love taking small embroidery designs and combining them into interesting shapes, especially in squares (quilt blocks) oval and circular ones. Most of my collections feature some type of edging or border, but as I add a border I am aware that I create a problem. Tiny circles, leaves and buds on the edge of… Continue reading Arabella Bullion design for a quilted mat (part 1)
Making a scalloped edge mat
Those gorgeous embroidered bonnets that I saw at the Jane Austen's House museum inspired me to digitise a circular design within the Jane's White Work collection and to surround it with delicate little scallops. The design can be embroidered out on wash away stabiliser. The embroidery shown is GFE-JWW60-2-15 for which I used Mettler 60… Continue reading Making a scalloped edge mat