I’ve spent a good few days thinking about the design for the front flap of the envelope folder that I’m going to embroider. I want it eventually to be quite heavily covered in stitches, so I’ve got to make sure that the fabric’s foundation is strong enough to take dense stitching. I’m using my favourite [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Embroidery in progress’
‘Wisdom’ envelope folder : getting started on the embroidery
Posted in Transferring designs, Wisdom envelope folder, tagged Embroidery, Embroidery in progress, Hand embroidery, Transferring an embroidery design on March 26, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Starting a new embroidery project : ‘Wisdom’ envelope folder
Posted in Neil Douglas-Klotz, Wisdom envelope folder, tagged Aramaic, Crafts, Embroidery, Embroidery in progress, Hand embroidery, Neil Douglas-Klotz on March 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Now that my ‘Shlama’ bag is finished, I want to start embroidering something new, but related to the bag in some way. I want this new project to still have an Aramaic word stitched on it, linking it to the contents, as I did with the bag (‘shlama’ in Aramaic means ‘peace’, which is the result [...]
Embroidery ‘Work in Progress’ – my hand embroidered ‘shlama’ bag
Posted in Aramaic, Shlama bag, tagged Aramaic, Embroidery, Embroidery in progress, Hand embroidery on October 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I have been working on this bag on and off throughout the summer – I’m just about to have another spurt of activity on it, so I thought I’d post a couple of images here, before I do that. The fabric is a golden yellow shot silk, which I’ve backed with cotton batiste, to [...]
