Floral Glove Needlecase – On Line Project Begins

You all must have thought I had fallen of the planet- but no just,  really hectic with life.

I have managed to do some stitching.  I am working on a new design as well as sewing samples for the store for  the upcoming craft craft show in March.  I will post some pictures of these soon. 

Today, I’m  all excited about starting my Floral Glove Needlecase.

Thanks to Tricia Wilson Nguyen and the Thistle Threads team for the opportunity to re-create a little piece of history.

At last all of my goodies have arrived.  After receiving my notes and instructions for the first month, I just couldn’t wait for my threads and goodies to arrive.  You know what they say – through rain,  hail and snow – and with the horrendous weather conditions in the States, it was literally through SNOW!  But they arrived safe and sound and I couldn’t wait to get started.

With my email instructions arriving in the previous week, I had plenty of time to read through the instructions.  I found the instructions and diagrams for long and short stitch comprehensive and informative and gleaned a few little tips for improving my satin stitch.   I loved the close ups of the stitched examples provided.  I have referred to them regularly while stitching and it is the next best thing to having the teacher with you – in fact it tops that!  I can refer to the samples whenever I need to – got to love that!

 

The design was already traced onto the linen fabric.  As with most linen fabrics, the surface of the fabric is slightly uneven due to the slubs in the threads and this has caused the traced lines to a bit "wobbly".  However as you will see once the area has been stitched, this is not an issue.

I haven’t used the Au Ver a Soie Soie Paris before.  It is so smooth and lustrous. It blends together beautifully when doing long and short stitch and glides through the previous stitches with ease.

 

 
I think my long and short stitch is less structured than the examples provided in our notes however I am reasonably pleased with the end result.

The next area to be stitched this month is the small leaves under the carnations and some small blue flowers.

So I had better get to work as I also have to complete the right hand side before next months instructions arrive.

 

 

  

Comments

[Elizabeth Braun]

Great start and looking forward to seeing it develop. I too am doing some goldwork at the mo, (only I haven't put in a stitch on anything for over a week - life gets in the way of us all at times, and it's nothing to apologise for!=))

would you be willing to share those tips you mentioned for improving satin stitching? I'm sure many, like me, would really appreciate some help with fine tuning.=)

[coral-seas]

Great start. I think your long and short stitch looks fine. It's a technique that I have always found very difficult.

How long do you think it will take to do this months stitching? I'm wondering about doing the other online goldwork class offered by TT but am a little concerned about how much time it will take up and fitting it in with everything else that I do.

CA

[Rachel]

I'm most impressed with your progress - I've not got nearly as much done, but I'm trying really hard to do a good job on it. I'm tempted by the other course too, but just a little anxious about fitting it all in.

[Elmsley Rose]

It was really tough for me to decide whether to do the Glove class or the Masterclass (I didn't think I could do both). I ended up choosing the Master - but will be watching this with great enthusiam!
Your carnation is lovely, by the way.

[Julie]

I have received all my materials, too! Am hoping to start it this weekend. Keep posting your progress! It is a great motivater.

[Yvette Stanton]

Its just beautiful. I look forward to seeing it develop. :-)