Wednesday, December 1, 2010

THREADS and TEDDIES



This is the lovely collection of threads from my shopping in Auckland, they are hand dyed Chameleon Threads  from South Africa. I bought mostly Perle 12 with a few stranded cotton and some Perle 8. The photo does not show the lovely subtle shading in the skeins.

I have been using them for my Christmas project, this year I designed  a project for the younger girls (8 & 9 yr olds) in our Junior Embroiderers Group,  a simple Christmas stocking (7cm high) using back stitch and chain stitches with beads, ribbon and braid. Here on the left is Darrian's stocking, when their stocking is finished I  add the tiny Teddy Bear for them. It worked out so well I made some using the Perle 12 threads and a slight variation in the stitch size.

Don't you like this line up....most  will be posted out tomorrow however one will go in a draw for my blog friends, so leave a comment between now and December 8th and it could be on its way to you. 

6 comments:

Catherine said...

How cute are these!! It is great to hear that you have a group of young girls to share this love of needlework with!

Carol said...

What gorgeous threads, Lee! They really are exquisite...

Love your row of teddy stockings. It must be very rewarding to be a stitching mentor for the youngsters.

Rowyn said...

Gorgeous fabric and threads. Do you have plans for them at present?

What a gorgeous row of teddies in Christmas stockings! I would love to be in the draw please Lee.

Laurie said...

Oh! cuties i would lovetorecieve one... and what lovely threads they look really lovely all together like that... I just love looking at the.
Laurie ..Rotorua

Laurie said...

looks like my key board is playing up again ... it does this sometimes and makes it look as though I don't know how to type...
Laurie

Antonella said...

I recived one, and now it is on my Chrismas tree. It's wanderful.

Antonella from Italy