Assisi Embroidery Part 3

Here is part three of the Group Correspondence Course (GCC) I am taking called Assisi by Marion Scoular. Part three (green) is similar to part one (blue) but the filling for green is the N stitch rather than cross stitch. I give you the fronts and this time the backs too! Oh so brave. The backs are not perfect, but I think they are pretty good. The final part is an origianl design or the one Marion provided. Not sure what I will do yet, but I have some threads picked out in the red family.

Fronts

Backs

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The Old North Church, Boston Needlepoint

Work took me to Boston, MA recently. I had very little free time, but did manage to make it to downtown and the Old North Church. Took some pictures of the needlepoint done by the ANG Massachusetts Chapter. I would like to have gotten closer, but it was Sunday and the youth of the church were hanging out, blocking the rail and making comments about the tourists! Kids these days. Here is what I was able to get. Enjoy!

Assisi Embroidery GCC Update

On the left is part one and on the right is part 2. There are 4 parts total, three thimbles with different stitches and an original design or one she gives us which is a bit larger and we need to use what we learned in parts 1 - 3 to stitch it. No numbering is provided! More details in a previous post.

The main difference between the two is the purple has angles for parts of the thimble, along with a design in the thimble top, and I used the light color to outline the filling cross stitches. On the blue you can see that I used dark blue for this part. I am working on part three and have the thimble done, but now doing a doodle cloth to figure out how to do the filling stitch - the N stitch - and have it be reversible. The filling, whether they are cross stitch, N stitch or even long armed cross, are a bit tricky in the areas that increase or decrease in size if you want the back to look correct. Part three is in greens and I hope to have a picture of is soon!!

Finally back to stitching! Assisi Embroidery GCC

I was away in Boston for 24 days for work. We were very busy working 10 - 12 hour days M-F, 8 hrs on Sat and one Sunday a few of us had to work 4 hours! A new team took over Thursday and my team arrived home on Friday. I was so tired at the end of the days I did not get any stitching done!  I was working on an EGA Group Correspondence Course (GCC) - Assisi by Marion Scoular. The deadline for submission was July 21, but when I explained to her my situation she graciously gave me an extension, and permission to post my progress on my blog. So here goes.

The course involves making three small pin cushions with thimble designs. I am doing them all on 28 count off white evenweave fabric and DMC floss - all from stash. The design size of each of the three pin cushions are 1.5" wide by 2.25" tall. Each thimble is stitched a bit different and the last design is a larger one we design, or we can use the one she provides. Here is the first thimble.

First I stitched the thimble outline in dark blue, then the other outlines. All outlines all done using running stitch. The last step was the light blue cross stitches. Assisi embroidery involves the background being stitched and the design motif is not stitched, but outlined. I was not aware of the outlined part until I took this course. It has been fun so far and I learned a cool tip to help keep the running stitch lines straight.

What is up at Colorado Stitcher??

I have been a bit busy with work and not able to post to my blog! I do not want my followers to get discouoraged, I plan to be a better poster soon. Please be patient and hang tight until things get back to normal!!  I may be able to post now and again, but pictures will be slim to none. I think that about does it for now!

Busy Weekend Purple Hearts Workshop

This weekend my ANG Chapter had a workshop for a piece by Toni Gerdes called Purple Hearts. It was a great class and once we got used to working on black congress cloth - good light and magnification is a must - we all seemed to enjoy the class. It was a pilot class to help her work out any kinks in the project before she teaches it in the "real" world.

You may see it offered under the name Hearts & Ribbons so it can be offered in other colors besides purple. She may even offer it on white and/or 18 count canvas. She plans to teach it at the April 2011 Heartland Region Seminar (EGA); at the 2011 ANG National Seminar in San Antonio, TX; and in January 2012 at the Callaway School of Needlearts. There was a bit of pre-work, which I got done in about 3 or 4 hours.

Here is how far I got at the end of the day Saturday:

Here is how far I got at the end of the day Sunday:

That about covers it for now. You can see the finished project on Toni's web site underworkshops - just scroll down to the two day classes - it is the second one.

Color, Gifts and a Give-Away from The Thread Gatherer

The Thread Gatherer as in hand dyed threads we stitchers buy at our local needlework shop, is featuring specific colors in her blogs each month. For June she selected RED as the color and in the process I won a surprise for my profile picture which has red in it and is a heart. See that blog post here
Well today I finally made it to the post office and what was inside by P.O. box but a box from Cecelia with my gifts, all with a red theme. Some handmade soap, an address book with some yummy and soft ribbons attached to the spiral binding and some nice threads and ribbon. I think the red ribbon and some of the thread might be just perfect for a project I am about to start for my Sampler Guild of the Rockies!! I will keep you posted.

The Thread Gatherer Blog is planning a "huge thread give-away" when reaching 100 followers, so why don't you pop on over and give her blog a look see??