Tuesday, June 23, 2009

BOOKMARK FOR A FRIEND









"Daisies ye flowers of lowly birth, embroiderers of the carpet earth."


I have often used this quote by John Clare, (English Poet 1793-1864) with my embroideries and when planing to use it again this week decided to check out where it came from. Found it was part of a long poem, "Songs of Praise Imitations of the 148 Psalm", found too that the verse on the daisies was preceded by two others mentioning flowers, first cowslips then violets. The result was a completely different design than originally planned and my new bookmark design stitched for a friend has these three flowers.

Friday, June 19, 2009

CHARTS FOR MY CYCLAMEN DESIGNS


































Colour Chart for Cyclamen designs.
DMC Threads-
Cross stitch.
Flowers- 3609 light plum
Flower centres- 917 medium plum
Leaves- 522 light green & 3051 dark green

Back stitch.
Flowers outlines - 3067 very dark plum
Leaf veins -522 light green
Stems -407 (3773) medium fawn
For added effect whip the back stitches of the stems to give a rounded effect.
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Monday, June 15, 2009

CYCLAMEN DESIGNS





LAST OF THE CYCLAMEN


The rain over the past week has brought to an end the flowering of the little rock cyclamen (cyclamen hederifolium).
These dainty blooms are always a welcome arrival in my garden, the first to flower are the white ones followed by the soft pink and they flower for such a long time.
I have used these many times in small embroidery designs. I will add some of these designs, which I am happy for embroiderers to copy and stitch.
To copy a design - just copy and paste to word.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Testing One! Two! Three!

After much time and effort I have got this far! however more work needed before my site is truly under way.