Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Introduction : Past Projects

I have been dabbling in the medieval arts for almost 20 years. I say dabbling as many attempts were just that. Fumbling with finding a comfort zone and a niche that I fit in with some wiggle room. I still consider myself somewhat of a dabbler. If not more educated and willing to branch out into new techniques and materials.

I do very much love to embroider. I have been stitching since I was 5 when my grandmother bought me a small cross stitch project and I instantly fell in love. It's meditative, even if sometimes frustrating. I jumped into it and still have decades of bad habits I am working to break. The back of my work only somewhat resembles a traffic jam now. With more time it will surely improve. Hopefully. 

Here I will display some of my past endeavors. Wins and misses. This is what I can comb together over the years. And excuse some of the clumsiness. I am still very much an amateur. And I hope to at least break through into a higher tier at some point. 




 

Split Stitch Foxes - 2020

This was my pandemic project. An exercise in patience and shading using only split stitch as a coloring book. It kept me busy! Cotton embroidery floss on evenweave linen.






Split Stitch Cup Cover - 2014

This was my first journey into split stitch as a fill in stitch. And it became an obsession thereafter. This also became a class I have taught multiple times that results in a small easily worked project with a very handy purpose to show off your work. Embroidery cotton on linen.




 

Klosterstitch Pouch - 2014

Made for a competition, I chose to experiment with a rarely used stitch type. Laid and couched with random angled stitches. I did not use the wool used typically for this method and instead used cotton embroidery floss as the wool was cost prohibitive for me. Linen ground fabric.










Blackwork "Spike" Seahorse - 2012

Blackwork that was made into a pouch for a gift basket. Single ply silk, cotton embroidery floss on linen ground fabric. 





 

I have more 'mundane' projects under my belt. Such as knitting and crochet. Many (MANY) cross stitched works. I am going to keep this blog slimmed down for now unless there is a call for my other projects. I always keep three in hand because I like to overdo it. But balance is key. If you want to see more of anything let me know. I do have closer pics of most unless it was given as a prize or added to a gift basket.

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