Monday, March 17, 2008

Gracie: Stumpwork (left seaweed leaves)



Gracie is a Ganet Burr's intermediate level stumpwork design and is a course that has been written exclusively for the Group Correspondence School of the Embroiderers' Guild of America.
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I have managed to stitch the three seaweed leaves on the left side of Gracie. It took me quite a bit of time just to do those three leaves. First, I needed to stitch the leaves outlines, then I filled the inside with some chain stitches and finally covered them with satin stitches. There will be a fourth leave that will be stitched later and added at the very end as that one will be stumpwork. I will now be working on the seaweed leaves that are on the right of Gracie.
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I have looked around to find a photo of Gracie and found these on Rissa's web site and you have to see how she did the finishing . Isn't it just beautiful? What a wonderful idea!
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Rissa is also our current president here at EGA CyberStitchers
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I have also found this other photo of Gracie
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Well, better go back to my stitching as there are still plenty of work to do before Gracie finds her way to the framer.
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Pierrette =^..^=