We are learning some silk ribbon embroidery at class these days. i am working on a crazy quilt heart that will be the center of a neutral crazy quilt.
This might help to see it a bit better.
There is a white ribbon that i couched down with lazy daisy stitches.
And some gold lazy daisy stitches here. i think i will add some flowers of french knots with this.
This is one of the blocks. i did a yellow rose with leaves. i made the foundation of the rose a bit too large....you weave under and over the foundation to make the rose. i ran out of yellow ribbon so i put leaves over the foundation stitches that were sticking out. LOL hey...i'm new at this.
And above the rose are some petals with a french knot in the middle of it.
We did these little rosebuds with leaves. which are actually a lazy daisy stitch, too. easy enough but i can't seem to get them all the same size.
And under those you see a white curvy line that is just a stem stitch. nothing exciting.
But it is kind of fun and i like it. it takes a bit of time though. and finger dexterity. last night i worked on an aster...you have to use a needle in your other hand to hold the ribbon flat to pull it properly through the fabric. it takes a little getting used to. i need a third hand.
I don't know how these stitches will hold up on a quilt that will be put in a washing machine so i guess i better now get too fancy with it.
On another note.....we got a 'new to us' stove the other day.
The oven on our old stove finally died and it wasn't cost effective to fix it. but we have had this old stove for 10 years....and we bought it used at a yard sale for $50. so it has lasted well. it is now sitting outside waiting for a guy to come pick it up and junk it.
Here is the new one. to me...it LOOKS even older than the first one....not sure. we got it used for $125 from someone who converted to an electric stove. hope this one lasts 10 years, too.
We had to change the conversion from natural gas to propane and adjust the flames down. but the oven works and dh can now have his biscuits. .. as you can see he left one on the top of stove. LOL
Gotta go do some physical therapy today and visit Wally World. will check in with you again in a day or so.
Later
This might help to see it a bit better.
There is a white ribbon that i couched down with lazy daisy stitches.
And some gold lazy daisy stitches here. i think i will add some flowers of french knots with this.
This is one of the blocks. i did a yellow rose with leaves. i made the foundation of the rose a bit too large....you weave under and over the foundation to make the rose. i ran out of yellow ribbon so i put leaves over the foundation stitches that were sticking out. LOL hey...i'm new at this.
And above the rose are some petals with a french knot in the middle of it.
We did these little rosebuds with leaves. which are actually a lazy daisy stitch, too. easy enough but i can't seem to get them all the same size.
And under those you see a white curvy line that is just a stem stitch. nothing exciting.
I don't know how these stitches will hold up on a quilt that will be put in a washing machine so i guess i better now get too fancy with it.
On another note.....we got a 'new to us' stove the other day.
The oven on our old stove finally died and it wasn't cost effective to fix it. but we have had this old stove for 10 years....and we bought it used at a yard sale for $50. so it has lasted well. it is now sitting outside waiting for a guy to come pick it up and junk it.
Here is the new one. to me...it LOOKS even older than the first one....not sure. we got it used for $125 from someone who converted to an electric stove. hope this one lasts 10 years, too.
We had to change the conversion from natural gas to propane and adjust the flames down. but the oven works and dh can now have his biscuits. .. as you can see he left one on the top of stove. LOL
Gotta go do some physical therapy today and visit Wally World. will check in with you again in a day or so.
Later
1 comment:
Love the ribbon embroidery!! It is so pretty. I have done this before, YEARS ago. I had a couple little kits that I got from some kind of craft party. It was fun. I never did a whole lot with it though.
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