I'm selling another Selvedge magazine from my collection. This one is Issue 53 and it full of lovely and inspiring pictures and articles.
The table of contents can be seen in photos 4 & 5 here.
Some of my favorite articles from this issue are:
Textiles of the Lowcountry
Charleston and Savannah: Collecting, Preserving and Narrating
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Touching the Landscape
Dorothy Caldwell makes her mark using textiles
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State of Independence
Fashion designer Lu Flux finds her own path
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Some progress has been made on this project. I'm getting even more excited about it now. This weekend I'll try to finish up the other flowers.
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Over the weekend I started a new piece of embroidery. It's been a while since I've embroidered, so it feels good to get back to doing some hand stitching!
The plan is to fill in this 4" circle with flowers and leaves. Originally the circle was 6", but I scaled it back. You can see the original outline along the left side of the photo. It's been so long since I embroidered, and it takes far more time than sewing, so it seemed more realistic to start smaller.
This type of padded embroidery is called stumpwork. The neat thing about stumpwork is the dimension you can get from padding the pieces.
Here I'm using one layer of wool felt pieces for padding. You can have multiple layers of felt and really get some depth going. Poly craft felt is also fine to use as padding.
I'm using Appleton crewel wool thread. I've always used crewel thread for this type of embroidery, but I'm pretty sure the other types of needlepoint threads can also be used.
The background is a piece of plain cotton canvas (7 ounce). The background fabric needs to be something sturdy to hold up all the surface stitching. This is just plain canvas I found at the fabric store in the utility fabric section.
WIP photos are being shared on Instagram. Follow along and watch me finish this piece! It's already progressed quite a bit from the original photo. I probably won't post many WIP photos here, but will show you the finished piece when I'm done.
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Of course, my inner critic always tells me I SHOULD have done more during the week, but really I'm plenty productive. Looking back at the week definitely helps (though I've been slacking on weekly recaps lately) me understand exactly what I did do, and that is was enough.
So let's run through what happened.
The main thing that happened was a new pattern for these pouches:
A new type of photo has also been added to the description for this one:
This is something I've been both meaning to do and also completely forgetting about for many months at a time. That's kind of good for me because at least if I forget then I won't get on my own case about getting it done! I'm too hard on myself sometimes and I bet many of you know exactly what I'm talking about...
The actual image could probably use some refinement, but for now it works for me. Does it work for YOU? It's meant for your benefit--especially anyone who has not used my patterns and might not know what they look like--so let me know.
Yesterday I made this tall Zip Pouch:
The front embellishment piece is a pocket this time. I topstitched around it once and then attached is leaving the top part open.
I also added a pocket inside:
The interior pocket is the pattern piece for the small size pouch without the darts.
For the wood button I used this 12 weight Sulky cotton thread:
This thread is wonderful for sewing on buttons! It's very thick so it goes fast stitching it on and it shows up really well.
The last thing I finished was this experimental embroidery piece:
I used crewel wool and it is a little heavy for this cotton fabric, so I need to work out the perfect way to back the fabric and make it all work together.
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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Take a look at these wonderful embroidered book covers from the Penguin Threads series.
Artists Jillian Tamaki and Rachell Sumpter sketched the designs and then hand embroidered the sample covers. The finished book covers are sculpt embossed to give them texture.
I want them all!
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
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Take a look at the other Penguin Threads covers:
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, Cover by Rachell Sumpter
Emma by Jane Austen, Cover by Jillian Tamaki
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Cover by Jillian Tamaki
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, Cover by Jillian Tamaki
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Polka Dot Embroidery Thread Storage Cards
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These embroidery thread cards from a place to lay my thread look cute and useful--the very best combination!
"Looking for something a little different when it comes to storing your embroidery thread collection? How about a fun way to display or photograph your stock? Or maybe, like me, you just covet pretty sewing supplies!" Read more...
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