Hand Embroidery

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Emilee Elizabeth ~Moderator of Reminisce~ Posts: 252 (2/10/03 5:30 pm) Reply	Hand Embroidery Do any of you do hand embroidery? This is another one of my favorite handiwork skills. It is so relaxing and creative. Super easy too!! I've made some of my own patterns before, and it's a lot of fun... especially to see the finished project! I like all colors... the redwork and bluework are so pretty too. A store in Hannibal, MO has a wonderful display of embroidery samples. They have a shelf, close to the ceiling, that goes all along the outer walls of the store, absolutely filled to overflowing with such neat projects. They have pillows, pictures, tablecloths, quilts, and just about everything you can think of on display. A lot of their embroidery designs are from the 1800s or based on designs from them, which makes it especially neat. So if you ever get to Hannibal, MO be sure and drop in "Hickory Sticks." If you love fabric and embroidery, this is the place to go! There are shelves and shelves of fabric. Just talking about it makes me want to go visit again! My mom and I have so much fun there. We have to limit ourselves though... $:\$ . LOL We have some friends in West Virginia, and their little boys used to embroidery with their big sister, when they were little. We got to see some of their work, it was REALLY good!! They were working on a family quilt. AbbasLilGal did you get it done? It's a neat idea for those winter evenings!! There's no reason why the whole family can't get involved. My Great-Grandpa used to quilt and my Great-Uncle did too! They helped their wives, by doing this they made a little extra money to put food on the table. Well, I'd better go take care of the chickens . Have a wonderful evening! Blessings in Jesus! Emilee Elizabeth It's a lil cool here! I'm looking forward to warmer weather. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem... Psalm 122:6
Atlanta689 ~Reminisce Member~ Posts: 37 (2/16/03 11:00 pm) Reply	Re: Hand Embroidery Hello! I do hand embroidery too, but I actually haven't done any in a while. I enjoy it! Particularly crosstitch. The last project I did was a queen-size quilt, over 1,000 pieces. Yes, it took me a LONG time to finish. I used the sewing machine to sew the pieces together, and hand-quilted it with fairly simple stitches. It was a lot of work but fun too! Atlanta
Emilee Elizabeth ~Moderator of Reminisce~ Posts: 268 (2/25/03 9:43 am) Reply	Re: Hand Embroidery Hi Atlanta, Wow! It sounds like you really had quite a project on your hands! I'm sure it turned out really pretty! How did you set it together? Was it a quilted square with an embroidered square inbetween? What were your color choices? It'd be great if you could post a picture of it sometime! I'd love to see it! I think it's so much fun to see the finished products of someone's hard work. It really is inspiring! I look forward to hearing from you! A Daughter of the King!! Emilee Elizabeth Edited by: Emilee Elizabeth at: 2/25/03 9:43:39 am
Atlanta689 ~Reminisce Member~ Posts: 47 (3/1/03 8:28 pm) Reply	Re: Hand Embroidery Hello! Well, the quilt pieces I used where all the same shape -- the shape of a tumbler. I sewed rows of blocks together, then sewed the rows to each other. Because it was so large, I quilted every other square around its edge, and every other square that I didn't do that with, I quilted on a simple design. It is hard to describe. But I will try to get a picture of it. As for my color choice... you see the original idea was to make what's called a charm quilt; every single square was to be out of a different print! I collected individual pieces for a while, but finally stopped at 300 or so, decideding that it would take me years to find that many different pieces! So many of my square were out of the same kind of material. The quilt is multi-colored -- I used whatever I could! Atlanta