Little horse scene

I must say that I had way too much fun with this little project.

My idea was to make a little something for my very good friend Terry, something that would have some meaning to her. She absolutely loves horses and had many in her life, so I decided to embroider her this little horse scene.

I used some white silk dupioni, traced the design and started stitching, choosing colors as I went along. I also wanted to put some color, so I tried some watercolor paint using Neocolor II which are basically some water-soluble wax pastels. I had to order some little brushes and I found some miniature ones from Silver Brush. Never done much painting of any kind and certainly not on fabric, so I had no idea how things would turn out. After using the wax pastels, I added a little water with the tiny brushes and the whole scene turned into a watercolor one in front of my amazed eyes. That was a great learning experience and I will be using watercolor and specially made oil paint much more on my projects from now on. I just love to marry many different techniques on a project.

Now, I will turn this into a needlecase for her and hope that she likes it. Will post photos as soon as it is completed.

Pierrette =^..^=

Bingo Clear Purple Pansy: Needle Painting Technique

This was my first attempt at a needle painting technique. I have stitched this a little while back and it took me some time to have it framed as we could not find any mats that would have the same colors as the pansy itself. Our framer at "Romancing the Frame" suggested that we find some fabric of the right color and she would cover the two mats with it.

The colors of the photo are not quite what they are in actuality, but I tried to bring them as close to them as I possibly could.

This is a Tanja Berlin design at http://www.berlinembroidery.com/

Pierrette =^..^=

Monrovia: Dodecagon Ornament Series

Monrovia is the 4th ornament of the Dodecagon Series designed by Jim Wurth.

This one is stitched on an Eggshell 18ct mono canvas and shades of gold, silver and beige threads with two different color beads.

Will put Monrovia away with the other three already completed until I have all of them completed and then will have them put in one big frame. In the meantime, will be moving to ornament #5 :-)

Pierrette =^..^=

Flower Vase Pillow

This is a silk ribbon project that I have made some time ago and I have only just now finished it. I had plenty of help though.

I need to say first that my sewing machine is not working very well and also that I have not had any experience in making pillows, so I turned to my good friend Terry who lives in England and asked her if she would not mind finishing it for me. We both thought at the time that her own sewing machine was working relatively fine, but it turned out that she also had problems with it and she ended up making the pillow by hand, which was much more work than we both anticipated it would be.

She sent it back to me and all I had to do is go to the store and purchase a pillow frame, slide it inside and then sew by hand the bottom part of the pillow and voilà the end result :-)

It now sits proudly on my bed.

Thanks, Terry, for all your help. I owe you one for all your hard work :-)

Pierrette =^..^=

Poirot: Dodecagon Ornament Series

Just finished stitching Poirot which is the third of the Dodecagon Ornament Series.

This one is in shades of blues and silver metallic threads.

I am trying to play catch up with my kits. I still have two others to do and then expect to receive the sixth one around May 20 something, so I have my work cut out for me :-)

Pierrette =^..^=

Hapsburg Lace Sampler: Framed

I have just got my Hapsburg Lace Sampler back from my framer this afternoon :-)

Next thing to do now is to find a good place for it, so we will probably play "musical chair" again, as each time that we have a new piece to put on our walls, we invariably end up moving 5 or 6 so that we can find the "perfect" spot for that latest one.

Pierrette =^..^=

Shalimar: Work in Progress

Shalimar is a gorgeous pillow project that can be found in a book called "Fancy Work & Fantasies" that was designed by Carole Costello (1984).

I have started this project a while back and it has been patiently waiting for me to return to it. What I love about it is that it has that lacy appearance and the middle square contains a lovely vase full of flowers. I still have quite a bit of work to do on this project but it will be all well worth it when it has been completed.

Pierrette =^..^=

Crazy Quilt Purple Sachet Pillow Received from Terry

This is a gorgeous little sachet/pillow that Terry has made for me. It has a beautiful bird on the right, my initial "P" in the middle and a lovely fan at the bottom left and lots of other little surprises that we always find on crazy quilt projects.

Pierrette =^..^=

Guardian Angel for a Sick Friend

When a very dear friend of mine got sick, I wanted her to have something special with her that she could bring with her wherever she went which would let her know that she was not alone, that she was loved and that good vibes were coming her way and that all would be allright in the end, which it did :-)

The size is a something between an ATC (Artistic Trading Card) and a postcard. It has for background a lovely cigarette silk print of an angel, which I have outlined with threads, couched a little gold thread around the wings & halo and made some roses with silk ribbons.

Pierrette =^..^=

Embroidered Fan on Crazy Quilt Block

On this Round Robin block I embroidered this little fan, adding some silk ribbon flowers and leaves and a little ribbon at the bottom.

Pierrette =^..^=