tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49370133123473630102024-03-13T09:56:36.307-05:00moonsilk stitchesMoonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.comBlogger1017125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-22790920533615709962015-09-17T15:21:00.002-05:002015-09-17T15:21:20.989-05:00Blog Hiaitus<div style="text-align: center;">
I feel like I'm caught in limbo right now. In two weeks I'm retiring from working at the University of Chicago for the past 27 years. And I'm looking forward to it. </div>
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My first task will be to have some revision surgery on my replacement hip. I just can't seem to get past that, to see what else the future will bring. </div>
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I'm looking forward to having time to clean and clear out. In the long term that will mean I'll have better access to my supplies, know what I have and where it is, get rid of things I know I will not do, and I'll be able to do better work, I hope. Perhaps move in new directions.</div>
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In the short term, I suspect it all means that actual stitching by me will be in short supply. I'm not sure what kind of routine and schedule I'll work out in the end. So, for now I'm going to take a blog break and give myself time to work through the transition and see where I end up.</div>
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I suspect it's likely to be back here.</div>
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Thank you very much for reading my blog and for all of your comments and support. </div>
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I began this blog in May 2010 and this is the 1018th post. </div>
Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-39633969665694466242015-09-07T15:58:00.001-05:002015-09-07T15:58:46.799-05:00EGA 2015 Challenge Wrap-Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
As was my experince last year, my finished challenge piece came back quickly with a lovely note.</div>
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I'm already looking foward to next year's challenge.<br />
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Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-42869352591092515092015-09-07T15:51:00.002-05:002015-09-07T15:51:46.396-05:00Visiting Galleries<div style="text-align: center;">
Since I sent off the EGA Challenge piece, I've not been working seriously on anything. We have been having fun vising local galleries on weekends. Last weekend we visited the Illinois State Gallery in Lockport. There's a really exciting show there, thanks to local artists and the city of Lockport. And No Thanks to the Illinois state government. </div>
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Governor Rauner wants to close all of the Illinois State Museums. A few short years ago when this issue came up, there was huge public outcry and they did not close. This time--silence! </div>
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The show is really wonderful. The state cancelled the insurance for the galleries, which means they had to take down the (just installed) regular show. Lockport's mayor stepped in and added the gallery building to the city's insurance. A call went out to artists for works and, as you can see below, they got wonderful response.</div>
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This flier explains about the show.</div>
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Here's another photo. The gallery is set to "go dark" on September 30th; the employees have been sent layoff notices. The show is full of such good energy and well worth a visit.</div>
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This weekend we headed east instead of west and visited Valparaiso University's Brauer gallery. They have a thought provoking exhibit on friendship dolls that were exchanged between America and Japan both before WWII and continued more recently. The dolls are very sweet and the descriptions had me looking at them very carefully. The exhibit documentation also discussed issues in care and conservation of material objects from different perspectives.</div>
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My husband is enjoying the friendship dolls. They are surprisingly large. The little things in the case to his right are the doll's accessories--including a full tea set, hand-made fans, shoes, lacquer trunks, and sweet sewing boxes.</div>
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Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-57059839145185976342015-08-27T18:43:00.000-05:002015-08-27T18:43:00.034-05:00Two Finishes!<div style="text-align: center;">
I finished the back of the EGA Challenge by covering the back and edges of the mounting foamcore with a dark coordinating fabric, hand stitched all around. I like the "finished" look of it, even without a frame.</div>
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Not really noticable here, except as a thin dark line around the edge. I mailed it off to Judy Jeroy yesterday. </div>
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I stitched this holiday design a while back and a friend gave me the perfect frame. I finally got it all together and laced the linen to a piece of mat board and put it in the frame. I backed the frame and added a small sawtooth hanger.</div>
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Here are some closeups.
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I got down to work and have completed the stitching on the EGA challenge piece. I've begun mounting it on foamcore. All I need to do now is add the backing fabric and personal information and I can send it off to Judy Jeroy.</div>
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Here it is. The top wheel is a detached stuffed shape. It took me a while to figure out how to stitch and stuff the complex shape. I ended up cutting the top layer from fabric, adding two cut layers of batting to it and then basting the top seam allowances to the back of the batting. Then I cut a backing piece, folded in the seam allowances, and hand stitched it to the prepared top piece. That sounds more organized than it was--there were some tiny seams and clipped curves and I just made it up as I went along. There were so many layers and then the wooden sticks for the rods, that I ended up gluing the top wheel to the piece. I couldn't sew it on invisibly or neatly. </div>
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Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-2932371140409932942015-08-17T19:30:00.000-05:002015-08-17T19:30:00.406-05:00Judy Souliotis <div style="text-align: center;">
This past week, stitcher and designer Judy Souliotis passed away. I was very sad to hear this news. She was a wonderful designer and teacher.</div>
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Several years ago I took a wonderful class with her at the Chicago ANG retreat at Donaldson. All Au ver a Soie silks and Kreinik metallic threads on black canvas. </div>
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This is the piece and it was an amazing class. Judy had added gold leaf and gold paint to the canvas and placed some beginning design lines so everything fit perfectly--a ton of work for a large class. She was so enthusiastic about the ideas, techniques, stitching--the class was vibrant and alive. </div>
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For me, I loved the needlepoint with a Japanese twist--the design has a Japanese influence and some of the techniques are based on those in Japanese embroidery. </div>
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I learned so much in this class about color and color placement, working with metallics, working with silks, working on black canvas, couching techniques...and that's just off the top of my head today years later. </div>
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I finished the piece in 2010 and I'm very pleased with it. </div>
Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-40375594957002706382015-08-12T19:30:00.000-05:002015-08-12T19:30:00.498-05:00Challenge progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I realized that the challenge ends Sept 1st and I need to get moving!</div>
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I decided to stitch the rim on the large wheel using raised stem stitch. I had stitched on some batting to pad it, but realized that was a mistake--it was too easy to catch in the needle. For raised stem stitch you don't go through the fabric, but skim the surface to make the stitch. </div>
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Above is my first bar--most of this will be off the edge of the picture, so I'm going to leave it as is, even though I'm not thrilled. I did learn a lot about doing the stitch.</div>
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For the second band, in the upper left, I removed the batting and stitched over a piece of paper. That worked much better. For the long band on the right, I left the batting but added a piece of paper on top of it so I have the padding but could also stitch without catching it. That worked very well.</div>
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I've also added a circle in the center--part of the next layer of these articulated arms that come out of the center.</div>
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I cropped this picture (above) to the edge, just to see how it looks at this point. </div>
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And here's a hint of my plans for the next step. I'm covering wooden coffee stirrers with fabric to make the articulated arms. I've decided that I need to give the piece a good pressing before adding these more dimensional elements and I haven't been home yet this week to do that. </div>
Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-3158194241411265462015-08-12T18:30:00.000-05:002015-08-12T18:30:02.145-05:00Summer time!<div style="text-align: center;">
It's been hot here more often than not. Lazy summer days! Our yard is an explosion of pink--the phlox is in bloom. </div>
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This morning I picked some kale to add to my lunch salad. Bliss!</div>
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Last weekend we visited <a href="http://bharatiyatemple-nwindiana.org/indiafest.html" target="_blank">India Fest</a> in Schererville at the Indian Cultural Center. Music, food, fun, and lots of glitzy jewelry and clothing. Cute children performing songs and dances. </div>
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I got a henna flower on my palm. I love how the color changes. It's bright orange here, in the photo taken Sunday night. Now it's turned brown and is starting to fade. </div>
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I noticed on my walk this morning that the maple across the street already has a few bright red leaves. This tree is always the first to change, but really--August?</div>
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Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-17855331453211418182015-07-27T19:15:00.000-05:002015-07-27T19:15:00.209-05:00Summer LullI'm wading through the piles of paperwork on my desk that accumulated while doing the summer program, but mostly things are calmer. Thank goodness! <br />
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My fun news is that I got to hold the baby. My great-nephew William is five-weeks old and still getting used to things here. They came up Saturday for the 30th wedding anniversary party for my sister and her husband. A fun time was had by all in the pavilion on the Fox River. <br />
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My other news is that I will soon retire. It came up faster than I'd expected or planned--pushed along by yet another office reorganization. I think it'll be fine once I figure it all out, so that's what I'm doing right now. I'm envisioning more stitching, more traveling, more husband, and I'm looking forward to all of that.<br />
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I stitched down the overlay for the current level of the EGA challenge piece and I added outline stitch around the edges of the blue wheel. This time I used black with a color for a thicker line and tweedy effect to catch some light. <br />
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I've basted down padding for the rim of the wheel. After I took this photo I began stitching one of the shorter sections with raised outline stitch. I'm not sure I like it, but I think I need to add more rows and really pack it full to see for sure.Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-12209833095834319462015-07-17T21:49:00.000-05:002015-07-17T21:49:00.076-05:00No Stitchin'--been busy at work<div style="text-align: center;">
For the past two weeks, we've had a group of about 80 faculty here from universities around the world. They're here for a two-week intensive course in four Law and Economics topics. This is the fourth year we've run this program. In addition to their course work, we organized a bunch of academic and fun activities at the University and around Chicago. </div>
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Here they are touring our Law Library. (It's not only one of the best Law Libraries, it's also beautiful!)</div>
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This is a typical lunch break. We had a wide variety of lunches brought in from caterers and local restaurants. Faculty joined the lunches to talk about various legal and economic issues.</div>
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We sent them on a bike ride down Lake Shore Drive. Many don't quite understand why we encourage this activity, until they see the amazing views they encounter on the way. They end at Navy Pier with dinner. I organized this (and all) events, but didn't go on this one myself. </div>
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It's been a busy two weeks with endless questions from and conversations with group members. We had a picnic on the beach with hot dogs and smores, Chicago style pizza, lots of special guests and lectures. It's sure kept us all hopping, but is also great fun. </div>
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And it's helping my walking program...I've walked more some days these two weeks than I used to walk in a whole week!</div>
Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-59222565873298341332015-07-10T18:26:00.001-05:002015-07-10T18:27:00.729-05:00EGA Challenge--layers 4 and 5<div style="text-align: center;">
Sorry, this was to have been posted last week...<br />
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I've been doing the pressing and organizing on the weekends and trying to do some stitching on the week days. Below is layer 4. I pressed it over freezer paper and then stitched it with the paper still in to give it a bit of thickness and stiffness. </div>
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The edges where they overlap the box shape at the bottom are outlined in red flower thread.</div>
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This is layer 5. It's appliqued on and the right half is outlined in black flower thread. The outline really makes the shape pop. This shape is a turquoise cotton with matte grey lace over it. I cut fat seam allowances, so most of the shape is a double (or triple around the edges where seam allowances overlap each other) layer. The lace added a lot of thickness and body. </div>
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I've seen some facebook conversations lately about how much stuff (or little) people need when working on a project. I tend toward pulling a lot more than I'll ever need. This is my bag of threads (with a package of gray rickrack I thought I might use) for this project. It's mostly flower threads, some floss. And spools of sewing thread for the applique. So far I've used red and black flower thread. But who knows what all I'll use before I'm done.</div>
Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-35746094216067274242015-07-10T18:26:00.000-05:002015-07-10T18:26:15.175-05:00More Layers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is layer five done--I like it and I like the feeling of depth I'm getting. I was surprised by how much the simple embroidery added to it.</div>
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Layer 6 and I'm not so sure. Here it is appliqued. I set it aside to look at and think.</div>
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While thinking, I pinned on the next partial layer, designed to show the insides of the large wheel. I like the way it highlights the spokes, add back focus and depth, and tones down all that turquoise, so I think I'll go ahead and stitch it down. Next I want to add some detail embroidery around.</div>
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That may not be for a week or two. These two weeks are our Summer Institute and things are beyond busy. I love it--we have 80 faculty and graduate students here from around the world. They're a lovely, friendly, very nice group and I'm having a great time getting to know them. But I'm going home and crashing each night.</div>
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It's helping my walking--I've walked just about as much every day this week than I'd done in an entire week before! But I'm looking forward to a quiet weekend and perhaps a nap each day. Next week will be another fast paced circus.</div>
Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-79978671536614274072015-07-01T19:35:00.000-05:002015-07-01T19:35:00.270-05:00Odds and Ends<div style="text-align: center;">
I have a finished object!--it's a bead wrap bracelet I'm going to be teaching next year at Homewood Guild. It's designed by "On the Surface." I couldn't find a website for them.</div>
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It wraps five times around my wrist.</div>
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My EGA challenge piece from last year is on display in a show at Calumet College in Whiting, Indiana. We went to the opening last week and it was fun. </div>
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And after I ran a conference with them last week, the Law Review board presented me with this gorgeous vase and flowers. I have them at the office, since I'm there more than at home. </div>
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Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-30088836818446578222015-06-26T18:30:00.000-05:002015-06-26T18:30:02.283-05:00EGA Challenge--adding layers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Layer 2 was plain applique. I pressed the freezer paper pattern to the back and clipped and pressed the seams using the paper as a guide. Then I removed the paper and appliqued the wheel to the ground. I stitched a line of split stitch using Flower Thread around the wheel/gear.<br />
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The next layer is a box shape. I prepared the fabric the same way as layer 2, removed the paper, but I added a piece of medium-weigh pellon to the lower section of the box to add a bit of dimension. To define the box shape, I stitched a row of split stitch in red and an area of black stitches, outlined in split stitch and then filled with open rows of Bukhara couching.<br />
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Layer 4. It's pinned on here and I've begun to applique it. I also pressed this layer over freezer paper but this time I'm leaving the paper in as I stitch. It adds a lot of body to this layer. I plan to outline stitch along the edges that overlap the box--perhaps in red. In the original image, the box was very red. Most of it will be covered by subsequent layers, but I don't want to lose that bit of red.<br />
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You can see my border stitches here--most of the red that shows now will be covered by the layers or the frame.Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-84230111484213089652015-06-22T18:03:00.000-05:002015-06-22T18:03:00.504-05:00More Layers Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">
As I was figuring out the pattern for each layer of the wheel photo, I decided to look for fabrics in my stash. And I was immediately stuck again--most of the fabrics I had in my stash were prints. There were a couple of solid grays, but not many. And these prints sent off flashes of excitement, especially some steam punk style prints with lots of gray.</div>
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But then I realized my final photo had a lot of blue and turquoise in it, so I added a few (and found that cool gray lace to the right below, over the red).</div>
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This was my final selection of fabrics to work with, shaded light to dark on top of the red background.</div>
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And here are the same fabrics with my working photo on top for comparison.</div>
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Next was the weeding. Below are my final fabric choices. I put the gray lace over a deep turquoise fabric. Most of the steam punk fabrics that inspired me didn't make the cut. (I added one back in, you can see a bit of it in the top photo--it's grey type with bands of rust, so it looks rust colored.)</div>
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And here are the choices with the photo.
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And here's my start. The bottom layer. All I can see of it in the photo is a kind of lopsided circle. This one I just fused on.
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I think it looks pretty awful, but know it will be covered by the other shapes. (I'm not sure if this is right-side up--before I added layer two, I stopped and stitched an outer border basting line and marked the top of the design.)</div>
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I also traced each pattern for each layer (I am making 8 layers) onto freezer paper twice and cut them all out (great do do while watching TV). The next layer will be needle turn applique--I'll press the fabric over the freezer paper to get the shape and make the applique easier to do. The layer after that is the red boxed shape toward the bottom right--I'll cut that from the rust fabric. I'll use the second freezer paper pattern to cut a layer of thin batting to go under it. </div>
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Now that I've finally gotten started, each layer is giving me ideas for how to do the next. More progress reports to come.</div>
Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-88633271290572375482015-06-19T19:45:00.000-05:002015-06-19T19:45:00.132-05:00New EGA Challenge: Layers<div style="text-align: center;">
A few months ago I signed up for this year's <a href="http://www.egausa.org/index.php/education/challenges" target="_blank">EGA Challenge with a Twist</a>. This year's challenge is "Layering as a Design Tool" and is led by Judy Jeroy. Until now, I've mostly been thinking. About layers: sheers, applique, layers of meaning, dimensional design...</div>
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After discussing it with a friend (thanks, Joyce), I decided to start where I did last year, with my photographs, hoping that would spark an idea. I ended up with two that I liked.</div>
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I could quickly envision the design--with a raw-edge applique background of dark green print fabrics and the lily applied on top. I could do the lily padded or dimensional or applique...maybe stitched fabric petals. Silk shading. But it just seemed to me like it came too easily--where was the challenge?</div>
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This was my second picture. A wheel from a huge steam tractor from the turn of last century. So I began to play with that image in Photoshop, simplifying it a bit.</div>
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And I came up with this and I was pretty excited. I like the design a lot and had no idea how I would stitch it. I decided that I was comfortable with the size of last year's challenge (about 8" x 11"), so I began working on a design outline in that size. I wrote to Judy Jeroy and she had some great suggestions.</div>
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I was thinking to start with solid fabrics from dark to light grey and then stitch on them for each layer. I gathered a bunch of FlowerThread that I'd collected over the years--it's dull finish would be great for the dull metal. </div>
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Finally, I decided first I needed to get a handle on the design elements. I used this version, with clearer outlines, to begin to draw the shape
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I think I'm on my way.
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Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-12446762318608307102015-06-17T18:23:00.000-05:002015-06-17T18:23:00.054-05:00Spring moving toward Summer<div style="text-align: center;">
Our weather's been a bit crazy here--steam bath one day and chilly the next. Today's on the cool side with on and off rain. But all this rain is making the garden happy. The catalpa tree in our yard is full of blooms. They smell wonderful.</div>
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You can see how the sun was going in and out.
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They don't last long and to walk in the yard is to be showered with blossoms. The light blossoms are blown all the way to the front yard, to make flower strewn paths.</div>
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Below is our back yard. We didn't intend for the bricks stacked on the sidewalk to become a garden feature, but the walk is too tilted to use and the plants in the bricks flower so nicely....</div>
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A couple of weeks ago Hubby potted these Galliardia plants that have been reseeding around our yard for years. Our neighbor had a tree taken down and, as expected, the workmen trampled where the garden had been. We were both happy he'd thought to move them out of harm's way.</div>
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For now, they're happy in their pots. We'll soon move them back into the ground.</div>
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Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-5828184567728817232015-06-11T18:29:00.000-05:002015-06-11T18:29:00.091-05:00Antique shop find<div style="text-align: center;">
Last weekend we headed out to take a walk only to be thwarted by a huge crowd there. So we wandered over to a nearby antique mall in LaGrange, IL. We used to go antiquing most weekends, but it's become a rare activity now. I found this vintage button card. The buttons are wood. There's a picture of a woman under the buttons, very hard to see, but intriguing.</div>
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But this was my very happy find--a book about the embroidered clothing of, I think, Turnovsky. I think it's Czech. </div>
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They had me with the gorgeous cover.</div>
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And then I saw the two huge pages of patterns in the back cover.</div>
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There's loads of detail on the interior spreads. I'm having fun researching and puzzling it out.</div>
Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-88882251930027565592015-06-09T19:05:00.000-05:002015-06-09T19:05:00.167-05:00More needlepoint finishing<div style="text-align: center;">
I began showing some of the steps I use in finishing a needlepoint stocking <a href="http://moonsilk-stitches.blogspot.com/2015/06/finished-projects-and-finishing-project.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Here's the finished stocking and the rest of the instructions.</div>
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Here's the finished stocking, all ready for a treat to be placed inside and hung on the tree.</div>
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I cut out the backing piece using the patterns I showed in the previous post. I cut one of the seamless patterns from freezer paper and pressed it to the back of the backing. When cutting the backing you need to be sure the toe of the stocking is facing in the right direction. </div>
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I clipped into the seam allowance and then pressed the seam allowance of the backing, using steam, following the edge of the freezer paper. The paper makes this step easy. Once done and cooled, I pulled the paper out and proceeded. I don't baste the backing because that way I can adjust it to the needlepoint in case the edge changed slightly when I stitched it back on itself (previous post).</div>
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I stitched the backing to the needlepoint front going into the very first empty thread of the canvas and then about 1/8" into the backing, to pull the edge of the backing just to the edge of the needlepoint. If done neatly, you don't need to add a cording over the seam (unless you want one). Each time your needle should only pick up one thread of the canvas--if you take a deeper bite, the backing won't be positioned right. I make my stitches close, about every other canvas thread. Sometimes I'm going straight from one hole to the next, other times I'm going over one canvas intersection. It depends on the curves of the piece. </div>
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The next step is to line the stocking. If you're doing a solid shape, you can just add a hanging loop and stitch all around, adding a bit of stuffing if you wish--and you're done! But I want my stocking open to hold a gift.</div>
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The next step is to cut the lining. I use my pattern with the seam allowance but I make the top a little bit longer so I have a good edge to fold in and stitch. This is a very light-weight silk so it needs all the help I can give it.</div>
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Again, the stocking shape may have changed a bit as I stitched the edges of the canvas down, so to be exact, I traced around the completed stocking front right onto the lining. I just used a pencil.</div>
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I didn't want to get the machine out just for this so I hand stitched around the seam, going just about 1/16" inside the line I drew (the pencil added width to the drawing). Then I trimmed the seam allowance with pinking shears to stop raveling. </div>
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I folded the top edge in and poked the lining into the stocking. It's easy at this point to get the toes pointing opposite directions, so I carefully poke it all the way in to make sure it's right. I folded in the top edge until it was even with the outer stocking and pinned it all around.</div>
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In the meantime, I took a remnant of silk ribbon and used it to make a twisted cord for hanging. I knotted the ends and used a really big needle to thread the loop and pull it through the canvas at the edge of the needlepoint stitches near the back edge. Sometimes I just tack a loop of ribbon to the canvas to secure the loop.</div>
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The last task is to stitch the lining to the outer stocking. Again, i took a stitch just about every other canvas thread, and about the same spacing on the fabric backing.</div>
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All done!</div>
Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-19676604233190155012015-06-06T13:56:00.000-05:002015-06-06T13:56:00.469-05:00Another finish<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm just rolling along here! This is the whole cloth crazy quilt I began in <a href="http://www.shawkl.com/" target="_blank">Kathy Shaw</a>'s intermediate crazy quilting class a couple of months ago.
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It's a "whole cloth" crazy quilt design, where you baste in the "piecing" lines; the ground fabric is solid, not pieced. I used a piece of hand-dyed fulled wool for the base and designed a circular crazy quilt square for a CD-based pincushion. (I've been wanting to make on of those, inspired by Ivory Blush Roses--<a href="http://www.ivoryblushroses.com/2014/12/2014-looking-back.html" target="_blank">you can see her twelve pincushions stitched last year here</a>, scroll down a bit.) </div>
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The thread is all Appleton crewel wool and the only embellishments are bits cut from wool felt. (Pin friendly)</div>
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I used two old CDs to make it up. The top is stuffed and then the CD put on top and the thread gathered over it all. I had basted around my outer edge and used that a a guideline as I laced the fabric on. I would have been in big trouble without that basting line.</div>
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The base is a CD covered with felt. Then I put the two together and ladder stitched them. </div>
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I had fun being creative with the stitches, using some stitches and templates from the class, some from the Internet, and some made up.
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Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-17504211959119046472015-06-04T18:30:00.000-05:002015-06-04T18:30:00.702-05:00Finished Projects--and a finishing project<div style="text-align: center;">
I've been plugging away, a bit at a time, at a few projects and suddenly I have some finishes!</div>
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This pendant and pin are stitched on wood. From a kit that came with Molly Makes magazine. They're really cute but I broke four or five needles stitching them.</div>
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This was a cross-stitch kit I got at House of Stitches. It was huge fun--perle cotton on linen. Now I'm hunting for a 6" square frame for it.</div>
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This is another stocking, Star in the Meadow by Patricia Mazu, an <a href="http://www.needlepoint.org/index.php" target="_blank">ANG </a>web special project from a while back. I changed the color way this time. You can see the first stocking <a href="http://moonsilk-stitches.blogspot.com/2015/01/first-and-last-finishes.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I thought I'd show how I finish ornaments like this. First I photocopy the finished stitching so I can make an exact pattern. The one on the left has a seam allowance added, the one on the right is for cutting the felt backing.</div>
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Since the canvas is open on this design, I wanted to add a backing to complement it. I used gold felt. I tacked it with neutral thread all around the edge. </div>
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Then I clipped the curved areas of the design and turned the canvas back smoothly along the edge and tacked it to the felt. I mitered the top corners. <br />
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In a solid needlework design, I skip the felt and turn the canvas and tack it to the back of the stitches.<br />
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Each year I feel like I enjoy spring more and more. </div>
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Last night while I was being chased around the yard by ferocious mosquitoes, I snapped a few photos...</div>
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The columbine moved itself to one of the herb pots and are growing like mad. We've never had one this big. </div>
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The irises are also going great guns. </div>
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The peonies are also in full bloom. </div>
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Here's a blurry shot of the roses between the houses. They surprised me on my walk--I hadn't even noticed buds. The white ones are starting to bloom, too, but so far are too far away for me to see. </div>
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Moonsilk Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659720657383001401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937013312347363010.post-55516776174040128652015-05-22T18:00:00.000-05:002015-05-22T18:00:00.944-05:00Memorial Weekend<div style="text-align: center;">
Memorial Day was a big deal when I was a kid, not so much these days. Another day to shop for most. We usually go the the cemeteries but this weekend may be do rainy. Whatever you do, I hope you find peace and joy.</div>
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I've actually done some stitching lately but don't have photos. I do have some more garden photos. I've been working on walking more and this spring I've added a daily stroll around the house (not much of a walk, really, but I like it enough to be motivated to do it daily). </div>
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A huge columbine plant in the sage pot.</div>
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Kale.</div>
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Leaves in the sun.</div>
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When I was a child, I remember someone, probably my grandmother, had a hat with little red velvet oak leaves. Now I see where the idea came from. Velvety red little oak leaves in our yard. </div>
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In one of the Outlander books (<a href="http://www.dianagabaldon.com/" target="_blank">Diana Gabaldon</a>), there's a comment that in North Carolina you plant corn when the oak leaves are the size of squirrel ears. These are quite a bit larger now, but I noticed them a few weeks ago, when they would have been the signal for planting.</div>
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I haven't been stitching much lately. Trying to be more active and walk more, get to the gym once in a while (and really feeling it!). Being lazy.</div>
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On my morning walk on Sunday, I took a walk down the alley, to see new things. I had spotted this glorious lilac bush the day before as we drove past. It's at the back of a friend's yard--Tish is quite the gardener and it shows!</div>
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The bush also smelled wonderful.</div>
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I'm not sure what this white flower is--it was next to the lilac.</div>
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Then a couple of houses down, I spotted this lovely flowering tree. Some kind of cherry, I think. </div>
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One more lilac before heading into Indiana, to Valparaiso University's Brauer Museum of Art. We went to see their current exhibits and their student show, which was closing that day. It was not as exuberant as the little kids' show, but fun and interesting. </div>
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Outside, on the campus, I spotted these sculptures. It is a sculpture installation, <i>Borders, </i>by Steinunn Thorarinsdottir. <a href="http://www.valpo.edu/artmuseum/" target="_blank">More information here</a>, about midway down the page.</div>
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It is strangely compelling.</div>
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A view I'd never noticed before, outside the Valparaiso University arts center, looking in. </div>
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Leave it to kids (and art teachers) to take recycling to new levels. This Chihuly-like sculpture is made from colored plastic bottles. It's lit from within and just sparkles and glows.</div>
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I love the spooklies here. Each little pumpkin has its own little spider. The bigger spiders above, if you look closely, are tracings of the maker's hands. A great idea. </div>
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More recycled plastic bottles. These were hanging from the ceiling, just below a light. Another larger panel was hanging in a window. Brilliant in so many ways.</div>
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