Chintz Roses Bouquet
This is a 34" round latch hook rug. Since it's so big, it did take quite some time to complete. I'd worked on it off and on for several months.
Christmas Heart 2
In 2001 I had a goal of making at least one Christmas project each month. I made this ornament with my EGA guild. It was designed by my friend Carol Clarkson Timm. She taught this as a meeting program over a couple months in 2000. I did the finishing work in January 2001.
This canvaswork piece uses satin stitch, a Rhodes Heart, and a diamond star eyelet. It's stitched with #8 metallic braid, Neon Rays (a wide, flat fiber), Marlitt rayon, and perle coton. The seams are covered with a velvet ribbon.
The stitched canvas is cut in a way that will form around a Styrofoam ball. The canvas is pinned in place, then steamed over a kettle of boiling water. The steam softens the canvas and helps to mold it around the shape of the ball. It was a very interesting finishing technique and it one of my favorite ornaments ever.
Silk Ribbon Embroidery Box
In 2001 I was in two EGA chapters: one in person, the other online. This project was done with my online chapter. The silk ribbon embroidery project was one of EGA's "Petit Projects." These are small courses sponsored by EGA that were free and designed to give members a taste of a new technique, as opposed to the more large and complex EGA Correspondence Courses.
The stitching pattern was supplied, and we got to choose the colors of silk ribbon we wanted to use. I enjoyed this project quite a lot, and it gave me the itch to try more silk ribbon embroidery. I finished my project in the lid of this satin box. The stitching covers a cardboard circle that was padded with polyester fiberfill.
Giraffe Magnet
My daughter Julie gave this giraffe kit for Christmas in 2001. He's stitched on perforated paper, and backed with sticky-back felt and self-stitck magnets.
Communion Banner
In our church community, each family makes a small (14" x 24") banner which is used to decorate the church for our children's special First Holy Communion mass. Each family gets to design their own banner, so each is unique. Our banner is made of felt and gold ribbon. We glued the felt in place, then I hand-stitched a blanket stitch around each felt piece with matching DMC floss. I stitched the gold ribbon down with an overcast stitch using some Japan Gold fiber.
The bottom of the banner was supposed to look like a tablecloth with fringe. The top has a sleeve for a wooden dowel. The dowel has small wooden finials on each end. The cording and tassels were made from yarn I inherited from my mom.
The design was a family project. Jodie told Dale what design she wanted. Dale drew it. Jodie decided on the colors. Together we picked out the craft felt, cut it out, and glued it in place. I did the hand stitching.
Striped Stocking
This is the Christmas ornament I made for February. I used a 14 count red aida from my stash for the ground cloth. The stocking does have a front and back, so it can be filled with small goodies. I only stitched the front, though.
The stripes are stitched with DMC cotton floss accented with DMC gold metallic (lovingly referred to as barbed wire on a spool). There is a line of gold seed beads below the cuff. The cuff is a satin stitch made of white baby yarn. I made the cord from the same white baby yarn and stitched it around the edge of the stocking.
I think this stocking is slightly out of proportion; it's too wide for its length and the edge cording is a bit too heavy. A kid wearing this stocking would have cankles! But I do like the pattern in the stripes and can imagine using it in another project.
I completed six projects in March 2001, so I plan to show all of them in my next #throwbackthursday post.
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